Incident Reports
Violent demonstration in Sarlahi over relocating the rural municipality's center
2021-03-05
Leaders and cadres of Nepali Congress and NCP along with locals of the 6th and 7th wards of Chandranagar rural municipality office of Sarlahi padlocked the rural municipality office in Nadhiman on March 5 after preparations were made to relocate the centre of the municipal office in wards 6 and 7 to Babargunj-2.
About a thousand locals vandalized the office, to control the situation, police used general force and fired 13 shells of tear gas. More than a dozen locals and four policemen were injured in the incident. According to the police, the situation is normal now.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Violent demonstration |
| Secondary Form | Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking |
| Weapons | Other |
| Primary Cause | Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1000 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals , Nepali Congress and affiliated org , NCP (Nepal Communist Party) and Affiliates |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
| Total Injured | 16 |
| Total damaged Buildings | 1 |
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