Incident Reports

Brother-in-law thrashes Siraha woman to death

2015-04-23

Madhes, Siraha, Nawarajpur

 A Dalit woman was beaten to death at Jagatpur, Majhaura VDC-3 in Siraha district on Thursday. Ritadevi Ram (23) was found hanging in her home on Thursday evening following domestic violence against her. Ritadevi was thrashed by her brother-in-law Bhoril Ram on Thursday noon over a domestic dispute. Hours after, she was found hanging. According to Uma Prasad Chaturvedi, Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Area Police Office, Lahan, the body has been brought to a local hospital for the postmortem. All family members of Bhoril Ram have been absconding after the incident. An investigation into the case is underway, added Chaturvedi. The deceased's husband is in Qatar for employment. She is survived by two children. The deceased's parental family has filed an FIR with the police. Investigation over the incident is underway, police said.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Secondary Form Suicide
Weapons None
Primary Cause Domestic violence
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Killed 1
Female Killed 1
Youth Killed 1
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