2021-07-30
Bimala Oli, a member of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly representing the CPN-Maoist Centre, has filed a complaint with the police claiming former chief minister and CPN-UML leader Shankar Pokhrel abducted and held her hostage. Pokhrel filed the complaint against Pokhrel and three other UML leaders at the Rupandehi District Police Office in Butwal on Tuesday. She has claimed the UML leaders abducted her from her house in Dang and took her hostage from July 30 for five days in Butwal. Oli, who had defected to the CPN-Maoist Centre from Pokhrel’s CPN-UML in May, had claimed in the first week of August that Pokhrel and his team kept her inside the CM’s residence to stop her from participating in efforts to remove Pokhrel from his position.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
Primary Form | Abduction |
Weapons | None |
Primary Cause | Contestation between rival political parties outside elections |
Actor 1 - Number of people | 4 |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Left Alliance (CPN-MC, UML & others) |
Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org |
Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
Total Abducted | 1 |
Female Abducted | 1 |