Incident Reports

Local representative accused of assaulting the headmaster in Dailekh

2021-10-03

Karnali, Dailekh, Bhagawatimai

District Coordinating Committee member Nande Khadka is accused of misbehaving Devendra Raj Adhikari, headmaster of Jwala Higher Secondary School, Bestada and Karnali state president of Teachers Federation. According to Devendra Adhikari, Nande Khadka, who is also the chairperson of Bestada Higher Secondary School, had behaved in an abusive manner and even hit him with a water bottle in the premises of Bhagwatimai rural municipality's chairman's office.

Rural Municipality's Chairman Dan Bahadur Thapa said that Nande Khadka had hit Devendra Adhikari with a water bottle and snatched another bottle while he was arguing with the Education Committee about the educational reform of the school. Teachers' organizations have objected to the indecent treatment of teachers by the local's representatives.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Threat/intimidation
Primary Cause Contestation over non-elective positions and influence
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Education sector/teachers (private and public)
Actor 2 - Youth na
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