Incident Reports

NSU stages demonstration in Birgunj, three arrested

2020-08-09

Madhes, Parsa, Birgunj

Nepal Students Union (NSU), a student wing of the Nepali Congress, clashed with police during a protest in front of District Administration Office in Parsa breaking prohibition order. Police arrested Vikas Tiwari, Sheikh Hazra and Manoj Shah of NSU. There was a scuffle between the NSU cadres and the police in front of the gate of the district administration office. The NSU staged a sit-in in Birgunj demanding six points agreement saying that the people are dying without any treatment and demanded the provision of health supplies, doctors and services to normalized the situation during the pandemic 

Parsa Police Spokesperson DSP Manojit Kunwar said that three members of the group who went to blockade the District Administration Office are taken under control. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Secondary Form Intervention at Protest
Weapons Unclear
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Secondary Cause Freedom of Assembly
Actor 1 - Number of people 30
Actor 1 - Affiliations Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 6
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media

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