Incident Reports

Case filed against a man for child marriage in Kalikot

2015-01-26

Karnali, Kalikot, Pachaljharana

 The guardians of a 13-year-old girl filed a case in the District Court against 23-year-old Umesh Joshi of Sigaudi VDC-7 on January 29 on the charges of forcing a girl to marry him. The girl’s father Khadananda Chaulagain said that when they reached Sigaudi VDC, Dailekh to bring back the girl, the relatives of the accused thrashed them and made them return empty-handed. Kaura Chaulagain, the girl’s mother said that Joshi and his group took the girl from their house at around 3 am on January 26 and took her to Dailekh.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Abduction
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other types of GBV
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth youth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Abducted 1
Female Abducted 1
Youth Abducted 1
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