Incident Reports

CAO assaults ward chairperson in Humla

2020-04-28

Karnali, Humla, Sarkegad, Ward 5

Rudra Bahadur Shahi, the Chief Administrative Officer(CAO), of Sarkegad Rural Municipality, assaulted Karna Jung Shahi, the ward chairperson of ward number 5 of the same municipality. The meeting of the executive of the rural municipality took an ugly turn after five ward chairperson of the rural municipality demanded the financial details on Relief Fund, Disaster Management Fund, Disadvantaged Target Fund, and Travel Expense. The ward chairperson and the CAO exchanged words before the CAO assaulted the ward chairperson Karna Jung Shahi. Rudra Bahadur Shahi, however, claims that the ward chairperson assaulted him first. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
National/Online Media

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