Incident Reports

Civil activists and police scuffle in Kamalpokhari

2021-02-26

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

A scuffle took place between the civil activists and police in Kamalpokhari. The incident took place when the police tried to stop the activists from demolishing the concrete structure ('Dhalan") saying they do not need a cemented Kamal Pokhari.

The activists started demonstrations and chanted slogans against the mayor of Kathmandu Bidhya Sundar Shakya, and the police. Earlier, they had also staged a march from Maitighar to Kamalpokhari saying that cultural heritage site Kamalpokhari should not be destroyed. They are also planning to picket the metropolitan office on February 28.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Secondary Form Intervention at Protest
Weapons Other
Primary Cause Access/control of development infrastructure (roads, bridges)
Secondary Cause Freedom of Assembly
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation CSO/NGO
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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