Incident Reports

Police accused of refusing to register complaint of sexual abuse against minor girl in Banke

2020-08-18

Lumbini, Banke, Nepalgunj, Ward 19

Vidya Wari of Surjigaun in Nepalgunj-19 found out that her 7-year-old daughter had been abused by her neighbour Ram Kumar Kalwar for two months. At first, she did not dare to tell anyone for fear of losing the dignity of her daughter and the family. But again when on August 18, Ram Kumar Kalwar's son Nanda Kalwar tried to sexually abuse her daughter she reached the District Police Office, Banke on August 24 demanding action against Ram Kumar. But DPO Banke however, refused to register the complaint according to Wari. The police instead threatened to arrest her for bringing the charges against Kalwar.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Rape
Weapons None
Primary Cause Rape/sexual assault
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
National/Online Media

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