Incident Reports

Man arrested for thrashing dalit women

2015-07-29

Madhes, Siraha, Golbazar, Ward 2

Area Police Office (APO), Mirchaiya has arrested Lal Yadav, 60, of Mirchaiya Municipality-9 on the charge of physically assaulting Kabita Devi Saday, 19, of the same place for touching the public well water. It is learnt that Kabita had a scuffle with Yadav’s daughters on July 28 when she had gone to fetch water. Kabita said that Yadav beat her up the next morning abusing her for touching the well water. She received treatment at the local hospital. Her family filed a complaint at APO, Mirchaiya on August 4. Inspector Hari Khatiwada said that the police had forwarded action against the accused. Meanwhile, the local HRDs conducted a monitoring visit to Dhangadhi VDC-3 where Dalits were denied getting well water. 
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 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
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