Incident Reports

Vegetable vendors stage protest against police action

2020-05-10

Province 1, Jhapa, Bhadrapur

Vegetable vendors of Bhadrapur are agitating after police manhandled the vendors. The vendors have stopped selling vegetables in the area since two days ago.

The vendors, on Sunday, handed over keys for their shops to the Jhapa Chamber of Commerce against the police action. They threw rotting vegetables in front of the gate of the Bhadrapur Municipality Office. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Secondary Cause Lockdown Enforcement
Actor 1 - Number of people 24
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
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