Incident Reports

Relief expectant assaulted by police in Parsa

2020-09-03

Madhes, Parsa, Birgunj

The District Police Office Parsa had directed all the ward offices of Birgunj Metropolitan City to send reliefs to be distributed to poor and those affected by the prohibitory order. SP Ganga Pant entered the office urging everyone to wait in a queue to receive relief. But the police came from inside the police office and started assaulting the relief expectant. A woman sustained a broken hand in the melee that ensued after police started chasing the relief expectant.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to the delivery of government aid programs (e.g. earthquake rehab/recon)
Secondary Cause Government Relief
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people More than 50
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 1
Female Injured 1
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