Incident Reports
Media house receives threat from person claiming to be a member of Chand-led group
2021-02-03
A person claiming to be a cadre of Netra Bikram Chand-led group has threatened to blow up the office of Samadhan Rashtriya Dainik, published by Samadhan Media Pvt on February 3 with a bomb. After the Editor-in-Chief Ram Krishna Gyawali did not pick his calls, he called the office landline and gave such threats.
Meanwhile, Gyawali said he is in an attempt to reach an official of the Chand led CPN- Group and urged the staff and journalists not to be disturbed.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Primary Form | Threat/intimidation |
| Secondary Form | Threat/intimidation |
| Primary Cause | Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights |
| Secondary Cause | Freedom of Expression |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | CPN (Chand) and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
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