Incident Reports

Two girls displaced from home after facing death threat from step-mother over property

2020-08-17

Madhes, Sarlahi, Haripurwa, Ward 2

Daughters of Nago Raya, a resident of Haripurwa Municipality-2 Sarlahi have been forced to leave their house after facing death threat from Raya's second wife or the girls' step-mother over the distribution of family property. Raya had married his second wife after the girls' mother did not give birth to a son. Raya has four children, 2 sons and 2 daughters from his second wife.

The girls and their mother Kaushilya started facing discrimination and family feud ever since Raya's second wife came home. In dues course of time, Raya died and his first wife sought to divide property with Raya's second wife. But Kaushilya died mysteriously and the girls have blamed their step-mother of murder. They have been demanding action against her and are demanding security to return home.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Threat/intimidation
Primary Cause Disputes over inheritance, debt, land and other economic disputes
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth youth
National/Online Media

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