Incident Reports
Makawanpur police arrest 7 for anti-election activities
2022-11-20
Bagmati, Makawanpur, Hetauda, Ward 10
Police in the Makawanpur district in central Nepal have arrested seven persons on the charge of carrying out anti-election acting on the voting day of the federal and parliamentary elections.
The arrestees are district-level leaders of the CPN-Majority (Bahumat) party, according to DSP Tek Bahadur Karki.
They were arrested at Bus Park, Hetauda-7 at around 10 am while they were campaigning against the elections.
Karki says the arrestees have been kept at the District Police Office for further investigation and action.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Program Interference/Obstruction |
| Primary Cause | Contestation regarding implementation and legitimacy of election |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 7 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Other/multiple/unspecified political affiliation |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Government and civil servants at central level |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
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