Incident Reports

Ward chairperson arrested on the charge of attacking police in Rautahat

2020-05-29

Madhes, Rautahat, Gujara, Ward 4

Police have arrested Pawan Giri, ward chairperson of Gujara Municipality-4 on the charge of attacking a team of police.  Giri and his team ran into a dispute with deputy mayor Raushan Khatun who wanted to send 78 returnees from India to quarantine in Simara Bhawanipur. Giri insisted upon taking to Kanakpur which resulted into a dispute on Friday evening. Giri's team resorted to attack and pelted stones at the police team that came to resolve the dispute.

According to spokesperson Bharat Shrestha of DPO, Rautahat, Inspector Chandra Kishor Shah sustained an injury in his left hand and another perpetrator of the incident has absconded.  Further investigation upon the incident is underway.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Secondary Cause Quarantine Management
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 10
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Police
Actor 2 - Youth na
Total Injured 1
Youth Injured 1
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