2021-06-25
Abul Hussain, a member of the Consumers' Committee formed to work related to soil and gravel in ward-8 of Khadak municipality in Saptari, has allegedly beaten Bishwa Pratap Jha, sub-engineer of Khadak Municipality. Hussain is the uncle of Hemayu Haq, the mayor of the Municipality.
Jha said that Hussain forced him to evaluate the work of soil and gravel of the budget Rs. 3 lakhs without following the estimate. And he was beaten for refusing to evaluate the budget of the work which was not done yet. Meanwhile, employees have blocked the work of the municipality on June 25 in protest of the beating of Jha.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
Weapons | None |
Primary Cause | Issues related to corruption (other than tenders) |
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) | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
Actor 2 - Youth | na |
THE NEPAL PEACE MONITOR ANNUAL REVIEW: 2020
October 25, 2021
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