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22 security personnels including 2 DSPs injured in a clash over death of a Dalit man in Sarlahi

2020-10-14

Madhes, Sarlahi, Ramnagar, Ward 7

Twenty-two police personnel including two DSPs were injured in a clash with protesters over the murder of a Dalit in Sarlahi on Wednesday, October 14.

DSP of District Police Office, Madan Kunwar, DSP of Barahathawa Area Police Office, Uddhav Singh Bhat and Inspector of the Armed Police Force Raj Kumar Jha are among the 22 security persons injured in the clash.

A group including Nepali Congress (NC), lawmaker Amresh Kumar Singh went to picket the District Police Office over the murder of Mahendra Ram of Sisaut in Ramnagar-7 on Wednesday. DSP Santosh Singh Rathore told Setopati that the clash started after the demonstrators pelted stones at the office.

Kunwar got a chest injury while Bhatt's fingers were broken. The injured security persons including the DSP duo are undergoing treatment at the District Hospital. Eighteen transparent shields of the APF and 13 of Nepal Police were broken during the clash while glass in the police office was smashed.

A team of 100 APF personnel led by DSP Saroj Khadka were summoned to help the police after hundreds of demonstrators picketed the police office.

Mahendra, the Dalit boy, was injured when stones were pelted following a clash between Chandu Nanna Mahara and Binod Mahara over picking sponge gourd (ghiraula) from the kitchen garden in Sisaut last Wednesday. He died while undergoing treatment in Birgunj the next day. His relatives have demanded compensation of Rs 1 million and to declare him a martyr.

The police already arrested a man and two women over the incident but the locals are putting pressure to lodge a case including nine other persons as well. The police, however, have been refusing to comply saying the nine persons were not involved in the incident. Lawmaker Singh claimed that the group started putting pressure after the police refused to lodge a complaint.

Governance

Details and Impacts

Violent / Non-violent	Violent
Onesided / Twosided	Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal	Collective
Primary Form	Group Clash
Weapons	Blunt weapon
Primary Cause	Law and Order Violence
Actor 1 - Number of people	200
Actor 1 - Affiliations	Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth	na
Actor 2 - Number of people	100
Actor 2 - Affiliation	Police
Actor 2 - Youth	na
Total Injured	22
Total damaged Buildings	1