Incident Reports

Dalit youth thrashed for marrying non-dalit girl

2015-07-13

A Dalit youth has been thrashed in Prakashpur of Sunsari at around 11:00 am in the morning today. The Dalit youth identified as Anil Diyali who had conducted love marriage with Sushma Shrestha of Prakashpur-1 around a month ago was while he was going to the market. Diyali reported that one of the attackers was Bijay Shrestha, brother of his wife Shushma. Sushma's brother along with one other youth attacked Diyali berating him for eyeing their sister. Diyali who sustained deep injuries on the head and ear have lodged a complaint at Prakashpur police station against the attacker. Sub-inspector Surendra Dhungel said that police are looking for the attackers. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons None
Primary Cause Related to discrimination against Dalits
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 1
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