Incident Reports

Youths physically assaulted Chief administrative officer and accounts officer in Banke

2021-12-19

Lumbini, Banke, Khajura

Group of youths physically assaulted and staged sit-in demanding to take legal action against Maniram Kharal, Chief Administrative Officer of Banke-based Khajura Village Municipality, and Pradip Sunar, Accounts Officer. Kharel and Sunar were accused of sexually assaulting a fellow female employee of the municipality on December 17. Chief administrative officer and accounts officer also claimed that they would be taking legal action against those demonstrators.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Secondary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to legal action and access to justice
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth youth
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media

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