Incident Reports

With support of chairman, a landlord in Dharan vandalizes a shop without informing the operator

2020-09-27

Province 1, Sunsari, Dharan, Ward 9

Devi Pariyar, an operator of the shop ‘K&D Collection' in Gautam Path in Vijaypur / Dharan-9, accused the landlord Ashalakshmi Rai and his son Roman Kumar Rai for vandalizing the shop by breaking the lock of the room and confiscating her belongings without informing her through a press conference on Sunday, September 27. She also accused the ward chairman of Dharan-9, Ratna Bahadur Katwal for supporting the landlord.

She had been operating the shop in Rai’s house which was locked for 10 months. She mentioned that the landlord submitted application in the ward office to vacate the room without giving her any information. She also mentioned that the agreement was made by the ward chairman for the monthly payment of the shop but the shop was vandalized and locked under the verbal instructions of the ward chairman.

However, the house owner was called to the Area Police Office after the shop was captured but Katwal released him and said that he would take charge of the house and petitioned the Judicial Committee of the Sub-Metropolis to vacate the room. The judicial committee also sided with the perpetrator and ordered to vacate the room without any compensation.

Meanwhile the house owner denied the accusations stating they have regularly informed her to vacate the room and the ward chairman stated that he only ordered to lock the shop but not to vandalize it.

Manju Bhandari, deputy chief of Dharan sub-metropolitan city and coordinator of the judicial committee, said that the landlord had agreed not to take rent till July and then to allow the shop to operate for a year after paying the rent. However, the shop owner said that the landlord should not be consulted and did not abide by the agreement reached by the judicial committee.


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Vandalism
Weapons Unclear
Primary Cause Disputes over inheritance, debt, land and other economic disputes
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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