Incident Reports

Five injured in a clash between the cadres of Janata Samajwadi Party and Nepali Congress in Parsa

2022-07-16

Madhes, Parsa, Kalikamai

5 persons including the chairperson of ward-3 of Kalikamai Rural Municipality were injured in a clash between cadres of Nepali Congress and Janata Samajwadi Party on July 15. The injured were identified as ward 3 chairperson Sanjay Kumar Pattel, Mahamadd Gafar Miya,70, Mahammad Ekbal Miya,40, Akhbar Miya,45, and Bijay Chaurasiya,31. The two sides clashed after the 8th rural meeting of Kalikamai Rural Municipality was postponed.

The eighth rural meeting of Kalikamai Rural Municipality was about to start around 2 pm on July 15. Deputy chairperson Rajamati Baraini, chairperson of ward-2 Sonalal Chaurasia, chairperson of ward-4 Sanjay Sah Godh and 29 members participated in the meeting. But as no agreement could be reached, it was decided to resume the meeting at Sri Nepal National Basic School Hariharpur Birta on July 17 afternoon. Accordingly, Chief Administrative Officer Amit Giri had also put the notice on the order of chairperson Bashisht Kumar. Ranjit, the brother of Sanjay Sah Godh, chairperson of ward-4, came to the place where they were sitting. Chairperson of ward-3 Patel accused that a clash ensued after he requested police to remove unauthorized persons including Ranjit (ward-4 chairperson Sanjay's brother) from the meeting. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation Janata Samajbadi Party
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 5
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