Incident Reports

Forest range post torched in Rautahat

2015-09-16

Madhes, Rautahat, Gujara

A gang of unidentified men have torched the range check post of area forest office Jangalshaiya in Rautahat on Tuesday night. Two motorcycle and all the documents of the range check post were completely destroyed by the fire. Yesterday night while the employees of the area forest office were still asleep in the check post some unidentified men set the check post on fire. They also locked in the forest office employees Seikh Khaiharun and Nandalal Yadav who were inside the check post at the time of the incident. The employees were able to save their lives by breaking the back door of the check post. Spokesperson of District Police Office Rautahat, DSP Sudhirraj Shahi informed that the check post caught fire after some unidentified men hurled a petrol bomb at the check post. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Arson
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Unclear
Actor 1 - Number of people 8
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
Totally damaged Vehicles 2
National/Online Media

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