Incident Reports

Head of Administration, Planning and Monitoring of Bhangaha Municipality physically assaulted by deputy ward chairperson, ward chairperson and executive member in Mahottari

2022-09-05

Madhes, Mahottari, Bhangaha

Bijay Kumar Yadav, head of Administration, Planning, and Monitoring of Bhangaha municipality was physically assaulted and verbally abused by Ganesh Mahato ward chairperson of Bhangaha municipality-4, Shanti Kumari Singh Deputy-Chairperson of the municipality, and  Bijaya Mandal, an executive member on September 5. The incident took place when the group-led by the Deputy-Chairperson Shanti Kumari who wanted to padlock the municipality office ran into a dispute with the employees of the municipality. During the dispute, the group misbehaved and manhandled with Yadav. The Deputy-Chairperson led group was demanding to hold the municipal assembly as soon as possible.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
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) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
INSEC

0 Comments