Incident Reports

Youth killed in Jumla

2016-04-11

Karnali, Jumla, Chandannath

A youth hailing from Chandannath municipality-15 of the district was thrashed to death over a dispute on girl. A 19-year-old Ramesh Khatri from Gairagaon, who had gone to watch the sports on the eighth secondary level President running shield competition at Chhum Chaur in the district, was chased away by other youths and killed in the Palkot jungle. Deputy Superintendent of Police Bishnu Hari Koirala said two of the four assailants were arrested. They had accused Khatri of teasing girls. The incident occurred on Sunday. RSS
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response to perceived offenses to social or moral norms (other than witchcraft)
Actor 1 - Number of people 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations Mob (only Perpetrator)
Actor 1 - Youth na
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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