2022-05-11
Police arrested nineteen youths under the leadership of Junga Bahadur Gurung (JB) of Gauri Shankhar rural municipality, in possession of election campaign material in Jiri municipality of Dolakha on May 11. JB is brother of CPN-UML candidate for the post of chairperson of ward 6 Bhuwan Gurung. According to the police, the locals informed the police after a Van, Bolero and Scorpio including 5 vehicles entered in the village in suspicious manner. Locals reported that the group of youths used slang words when enquired about identity. Locals vandalized 3 vehicles after one of the vehicles trined to run over the group of locals who had come in protest. Police fired seven round warning shots to take the tensed situation into control. Police are investigating the incident.
Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
Primary Form | Vandalism |
Weapons | None |
Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals |
Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | UML and affiliated org |
Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
Totally damaged Vehicles | 3 |