Incident Reports

Woman fed human excreta

2015-09-24

Bagmati, Nuwakot, Suryagadhi

A woman was force-fed human excreta and thrashed by her relatives on the charge of “practising witchcraft” at Samari-4 in Nuwakot district. Seeta Sapkota, 53, was fed human faeces and manhandled by her nephew Dipendra Sapkota, 26, on Tuesday. Deputy Superintendent of Police Siddhibikram Sah said they have filed a case against Dipendra and are investigating into the incident. Police said Seeta is undergoing treatment at TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj.
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 Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
National/Online Media

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