Incident Reports

Two Siraha UDMF leaders arrested

2015-10-25

Police arrested two leaders of the agitating parties from Siraha district on the charge of forcing the market to shut. Satya Narayan Yadav, advisor of the agitation struggle committee and Roshan Yadav, district member of the agitating Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party were held on the same charge. Meanwhile, a banda enforced by the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) continues to affect life in Siraha. UDMF cadres torched a motorcycle (Ba 41 Pa 4600) in Lahan on Sunday morning for defying the agitation. Around 100 motorcycles were sent to their destinations under the escort of police, police said. A large number of security personnel of police and Armed Police Force have been deployed in the places in Lahan like Hospital Chowk, Sahid Chowk and Traffic Chowk. RSS
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Arrest (politically significant)
Primary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Other/multiple/unspecified political affiliation
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
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