Incident Reports
Youth stabs uncle to death in Mahottari
2023-02-26
Police have arrested 30-year-old Bijendra Mahara of Mahottari rural municipality-3 Madaika in Mahottari on the charge of murder of his uncle. According to District Police Office Mahottari's DSP Santosh Kumar Pokhrel, Bijendra stabbed his 70-year-old uncle Shiva Mahara to death with a knife on the night of February 26 after the elderly man refused to give his social security allownce to Bijendra. Police arrested the perpetrator on the same night.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Murder/attempted Murder |
| Weapons | Sharp weapon |
| Primary Cause | Disputes over inheritance, debt, land and other economic disputes |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Family/relative |
| Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Family/relative |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
| Total Killed | 1 |
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