Incident Reports

Road blocked saying that roving police abused a woman

2020-03-05

Madhes, Dhanusha, Janakpur

A group of youths blocked the road at Pidari Chowk in Janakpur saying that roving police had abused the woman. The youths chanted slogans against the police administration and burnt tires in the streets. They claimed that the policeman abused Nem Kumari Paswan of Janakpurdham Sub-Metropolis-9. Jitendra Yadav, a roving policeman, was involved in the misbehavior and they blocked the road for about half an hour demanding action against him.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Road block
Weapons None
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response to perceived offenses to social or moral norms (other than witchcraft)
Actor 1 - Number of people 20
Actor 1 - Affiliations Mob (only Perpetrator)
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
INSEC , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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