Incident Reports
Devdaha ward chairman threaten to chop off leg of employee
2020-09-02
A ward chairman of Devdaha Municipality has threatened to chop off the leg of an employee of the municipality. Ward no. 11 chairman Babulal Yadav had threatened Ramesh Giri, the head of the plan, Administration and Monitoring section of the municipality.
The municipality staffs started to protest and also issued a press release mentioning they will halt the official works until the action will not be taken against ward no. 11 chairman Yadav. The ward chairman Yadav had threatened Giri on Wednesday morning after his acquaintance was not appointed as the head of the Siktahan Health Center.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Primary Form | Threat/intimidation |
| Primary Cause | Contestation over non-elective positions and influence |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
| Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
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