Incident Reports

Two groups clash in Rautahat over building water tank

2020-06-02

Madhes, Rautahat, Madhav Narayan, Ward 3

A person sustained an injury in a clash between two parties over the construction of a water tank at Sakhuawa in Madhav Narayan Municipality Ward No. 3 on Tuesday morning. According to Jay Narayan Yadav, one of the locals, Shankar Rai Yadav sustained a broken hand in the clash and he was sent to Bharatpur for treatment.

According to Yadav, Raj Kumar Yadav, Ward Chairman of Ward No. 3, tried to build a water tank without consulting the locals in Sakhuat, an area of 2 bighas where the locals have been inhabited for generations. 

The clash broke out between the two sides after the ward chairperson Yadav's party took a stand to build a water tank in the same place even after the locals protested against it. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons Unclear
Primary Cause Access/control of public land
Actor 1 - Number of people 30
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 20
Actor 2 - Affiliation Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 1
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