Incident Reports

Woman arrested for assaulting and accusing another woman of witchcraft in Dolpa

2015-04-01

Karnali, Dolpa, Tripurasundari

Rupsi Kulal of Tripurakot VDC-3 was arrested by the police on the charges of accusing another woman, Suwa Shahi of being a witch and insulting her in a public place. During a dispute over collecting  water in a public tap Rupsi Kulal reportedly beat and insulted the other woman calling her a witch and thief. Police arrested the accused based on an FIR filed by the victim on April 1. Police said that they would initiate further action against the accused after calling the victim.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Secondary Form Public humiliation
Weapons None
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response on basis of witchcraft allegations
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth na
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