Incident Reports

Man stabs his wife to death over her alleged extra-marital affair in Jhapa

2020-12-09

Province 1, Jhapa, Kamal, Ward 1

A 39-year-old woman, Tika Devi Poudel was stabbed to death by her husband Chudamnai Bhandari in Kamal rural municipality-1 of Jhapa district on December 9. Bhandari was arrested and is being investigated where he gave a statement that he killed her after finding out she was having an affair with another man.

She went to pick paddy in the field along with the other man Prakash Chandra Dahal and both were attacked with a khukuri by the husband. Poudel died on the spot and Dahal was injured from the attack.


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
Weapons Sharp weapon
Primary Cause Other types of GBV
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
Total Killed 1
Female Killed 1
Total Injured 1
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