Incident Reports
19 injured in a clash over dispute in relief distribution
2020-05-22
19 people were injured in a clash between NCP and Nepali Congress/Janata Socialist party over the dispute of relief distribution program in Naraha Municipality-1, Siraha. The clash erupted after the cadres of the Nepali Congress and Janata Socialist Party went to picket ward office on Friday, demanding relief for seven hundred people of the ward.
Injured Faudar Mandal, Ramjivan Mandal, Pramiladevi Kamati, and Ramchandra Mandal were refereed to BP Koirala institute of health science, Dharan for further treatment. The other injured persons were Ram Awatar Mandal, Sanjay Yadav, Adhiklal Yadav, Nandu Mandal, Binod Raya, Ram Awatar Mandal, Jibach Yadav, Rajdev Mandal, Chuman Chaudhari, Dukhi Chaudhary, Shivakumar Chaudhary, Arjun Raya, Gune Chaudhary, Kaledev Chaudhary, and Ajaykumar Chaudhary. The spokesperson of DPO, Siraha DSP Binod police are investigating the incident.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Twosided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Group Clash |
| Weapons | Unclear |
| Primary Cause | Contestation between rival political parties outside elections |
| Secondary Cause | Government Relief |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 50 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Nepali Congress and affiliated org , Janata Samajbadi Party |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 50 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation | NCP (Nepal Communist Party) and Affiliates |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
| Total Injured | 19 |
| Female Injured | 1 |
