Incident Reports

Ward chairperson arrested on the charge of padlocking election office in Jitpura Simara

2022-11-06

Madhes, Bara, Jitpur Simara

Police took into control the ward chairperson of Jitpur Simara Sub-metropolitan city-7  in Bara Sunil Gupta briefly on November 6 on the charge of padlocking the election office. Gupta reportedly padlocked the office of Jitpur Simara Sub-metropolitan city accusing the head of the Sub-metropolitan city of ignoring their demands to dispose of the waste in their locality for a long time. The office had also been serving as election office.  Police arrested Gupta with the help of Poudel and the head of election office head Karna Rai.  Police later opened the padlock.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people N
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 N
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
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