Incident Reports
Journalist assaulted in Bara
2020-03-15
46-year-old Journalist of Mahagadimai Municipality-10, working in Gorkhapatra and Radio Birjung, has filed a complaint of assault against 55-year-old Ratanlal Tewani of Kalaiya Sub-Metropolis-5. He filed the complaint on March 16 stating that Tewani assaulted him a day earlier for not including his name in a news.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
| Secondary Form | Attack on Journalist |
| Weapons | None |
| Primary Cause | Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights |
| Secondary Cause | Freedom of Expression |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
| Total Injured | 1 |
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