Incident Reports
Neighbor brutally beats a Dalit man to death in Jhapa
2021-04-08
Province 1, Jhapa, Kankai, Ward 5
A 57-year-old, Dalit man, Bal Bahadur Bishwakarma, of Kankai-5 Tekra was beaten to death in Jhapa on the pretext of caste discrimination. Financially destitute Bal Bahadur was brutally beaten by his neighbour Mohan Ghimire on April 5 and he died on April 8 while undergoing treatment.
According to his family members and neighbours, the Ghimire family has been discriminating against Bal Bahadur and his family for a long time. On the day of the incident, the deceased had gone to talk to Ghimire regarding the discrimination towards him.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
| Weapons | Unclear |
| Primary Cause | Related to discrimination against Dalits |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Dalit |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
| Total Killed | 1 |
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