Incident Reports
Security personnel clash with smugglers in Sunsari
2020-07-17
Province 1, Sunsari, Harinagara, Ward 7
Armed Police Force personnel and smugglers have clashed with each other in Harinagar of Sunsari district on Friday night.
The confrontation between them took place after APF personnel tried to seize the goods being smuggled into Nepal from India.
APF personnel resorted to firing after the smugglers attacked the them with stones and tried to snatch away their weapons, said Chief of District Police Office, Sunsari Fadindra Mani Pokharel.
Suwad Ansari,20, of Sunsari district has sustained injuries in the police firing.
Ansari is receiving treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Twosided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Group Clash |
| Weapons | Small arms |
| Primary Cause | Law and Order Violence |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Police |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 3 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
| Total Injured | 2 |
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