Incident Reports

Man beaten to death near District Police Office in Chitawan

2020-07-03

Bagmati, Chitawan, Bharatpur

On July 7, Police found the body of Rajkumar Gurung lying in the bushes near District Police Office Chitwan. According to the District Police Office Chitwan, Gurung was beaten to death on July 3 in the open field near Maiyadevi campus after he did not return the rented rickshaw. He died on the same day at 10:30 p:m at the open ground field.

According to District Police Office Spokesperson DSP Surya Bahadur Thapa, Kamal Gandharva with his wife Laxmi Magar, brother-in-law Amber Bahadur Thing, Prakash B.K, Sagar Oli and a 13-year-old minor(whose name is not disclosed) were involved in the beating Rajkumar Gurung. After the identification of the body on July 7, the deceased ‘s brother Santaraja Gurung lodged an FIR at the District Police Office, Chitwan. Sagar Oli age 24, Prakash B.K age 31, Kamal Gandharva age 34 and Amber Bahadur Thing age 30 are in custody for trial. Sushil Shrestha was released on ordinary terms and the minor was sent to his parents. Lakshmi Magar with her mother-in-law Shita Gandharva absconded. With the court orders, the police are still searching for them.


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Disputes over inheritance, debt, land and other economic disputes
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 7
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
Total Killed 1
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