Incident Reports

Ahead of SAG football final, police baton-charge enthusiasts looking for tickets

2019-12-10

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Police on Tuesday morning baton-charged a few football enthusiasts who were looking for tickets of the final match under the 13th South Asian Games.

Nepal and Bhutan are playing the final at Dasharath Stadium at 3 pm today. Many fans of Nepali football had gone outside the stadium this morning looking for tickets after they were already sold out. Hence, police baton-charged order to disperse the crowd.

Meanwhile, police also manhandled a journalist. Nagarik daily’s Suman Chapagain says he was beaten up by the personnel after he photographed them hitting the common people.

SSP Uttam Raj Subedi, chief of the Metropolitan Police Range, however, says the security personnel did not use force. “They did not leave the place when we told them. So we pushed them out. We did not use force.”

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Assault (large group)
Secondary Form Violent demonstration
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Secondary Cause Freedom of Expression
Actor 1 - Number of people 12
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 24
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 3
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