Incident Reports

Police fires four round warning shots in Putalikath polling center of Dolakha to control situation

2022-11-20

Bagmati, Dolakha, Baiteshwor, Ward 2

Voting was halted in Baiteshwor rural municipality-2 based Janajyoti secondary school polling center of Dolakha after police resorted to fire four rounds of warning shots after an unruly group tried to attack ballot boxes and election officials at the polling center.  Additional police were deployed to control the situation.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Assault (large group)
Weapons Unclear
Primary Cause Contestation regarding implementation and legitimacy of election
Actor 1 - Number of people N
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people N
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth na
Election-related cause primary
National/Online Media

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