Incident Reports

Women beaten under the direction of the ward chairperson in Kailali

2020-09-28

Three youths on motorcycles and youths from local houses allegedly hired by the chairperson of Ward No. 12 beat up the group of women in Jugeda who came in the group with slogans against the ward chairperson for not providing relief. The real hurricane victims of Ward No. 12 Jugeda were beaten on the way when they were coming to lay siege to the District Administration Office, Kailali and Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolis Ward No. 12 after locking the office of Jugeda- C Village for not receiving any relief.

The women reported that the youths took away their gold jewelries, mobile phones and even cash. The mobile phones were snatched when some women tried to make a video of the incident.

Meanwhile, the Ward chairperson, Ganesh Prasad Joshi denied the allegations.


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons Unclear
Primary Cause Issues related to the delivery of government aid programs (e.g. earthquake rehab/recon)
Actor 1 - Number of people 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth youth
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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