Incident Reports

Locals clash with police team while trying to recover smuggled buffaloes in Rautahat

2020-08-12

Madhes, Rautahat, Rajpur

A clash broke out between the police team and the locals of Rajpur municipality after the locals obstructed the team from the District Police Office who went to seize smuggled buffaloes by pelting them with stones. Police had gone to recover 58 buffaloes brought from the hidden way of Kudiya Bazzar of Rautahat bordering India. According to Bharat Shrestha, spokesperson of the District Police Office, police fired 8 shells of tear gas, and 4 rounds of warning shots in the air to control the situation. Police found no buffaloes in the area. Police suspect that the locals hid the buffaloes from the place by obstructing the police. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Law and Order Violence
Actor 1 - Number of people More than 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 More than 30
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media

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