Incident Reports
Two including ward chairperson candidate from Congress injured as CPN-UML and Congress cadres clash in Surkhet; 2 round tear gas fired
2022-05-05
Nepali Congress (NC) candidate for Ward Chairperson Upendra Singh and his cadre Suraj Singh Thakuri were injured in an attack by CPN-UML cadres in Simta Rural Municipality-6 of Surkhet on May 5, Thursday night. Around fifty CPN-UML cadres attacked the NC candidate Singh who was at Rakam Bazar with his supporter. Police fired 2 rounds of tear gas to prevent the situation from escalating. Acting chief of Karnali Province Police, SSP Rajeshnath Bastola stated that police are investigating the incident.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Assault (large group) |
| Weapons | None |
| Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
| Secondary Cause | Contestation between Parties |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 50 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Left Alliance (CPN-MC, UML & others) |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 2 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Nepali Congress and affiliated org |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
| Total Injured | 2 |
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