Incident Reports

Locals protest and vandalize in Parsa demanding relief

2020-04-22

Madhes, Parsa, Jirabhawani, Ward 4

The protest from the locals of the JIrabhawani Rural Municipality took an ugly turn on April 22 after the protesters started hurling stones at the office of the rural municipality. The police clashed with the protestors, leaving a few people, including a journalist, injured, and as many as 8 motorcycles vandalized. Earlier, the locals, on the leadership of Bikau Bhandari, went to the local municipality, to discuss the relief distribution process. The rural municipality has not distributed the relief even after a month of national lockdown. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to the delivery of government aid programs (e.g. earthquake rehab/recon)
Secondary Cause Government Relief
Actor 1 - Number of people 20
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth na
Total Injured 5
Totally damaged Vehicles 8
National/Online Media

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