Incident Reports
Body of a newborn found in pond in Janakpur
2016-04-05
Body of a newborn has been found in Dashrath pond of Janakpur on Tuesday morning. Locals informed police after seeing the body floating in the water.
Police have sent the body to Zonal Hospital for postmortem. It has been suspected that the infant was killed and thrown two days earlier. Police informed that they are further looking into the case.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Infanticide |
| Weapons | None |
| Primary Cause | Disputes over inheritance, debt, land and other economic disputes |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Unclear |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 2 - Youth | youth |
| Total Killed | 1 |
| Youth Killed | 1 |
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