Incident Reports
Woman arrested on charge of infanticide in Taplegunj
2021-02-04
Province 1, Taplejung, Meringden, Ward 2
Taplejung police arrested a woman on the charge of killing a newborn baby on February 21. The arrested is identified as 22-year-old Syangmu Sherpa of Santhakra in Meringden Municipality-2.
According to the Police, Sangmu had confessed in an initial statement that she had murdered the child as the child was born out of an illegitimate relationship on February 4.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Infanticide |
| Weapons | Unclear |
| Primary Cause | Domestic violence |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Family/relative |
| Actor 1 - Youth | youth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Family/relative |
| Actor 2 - Youth | youth |
| Total Killed | 1 |
| Youth Killed | 1 |
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