Incident Reports

Five injured in a clash of transport entrepreneurs in Pokhara

2016-04-17

Gandaki, Kaski, Pokhara Lekhnath

(Updated)-  Five people have been injured in an attack at Ujyalo Yatayat Office in Pokhara. Ujyalo Yatayat, which has the main office in Kathmandu, was preparing to start a transportation service in Pokhara and had established an office there. According to police, five people were injured after people from Prithivi Bus Operators pelted stone at the office. Police have been deployed around the office to provide security. 

(Update)-  Seven people were injured in a clash that erupted between workers of two bus entrepreneur committees, on Monday in Pokhara of Kaski district. They were injured when a long-route bus of Ujyalo Bus Entrepreneur Committee was vandalized by the laborers working for the Prithvi Highway Bus Entrepreneur Committee at local Zero Kilometre in the Lake City. The injured are receiving treatment at different hospitals in the city. Security personnel is mobilized outside the offices of both committees so as to prevent any untoward incident further.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Other non-economic personal issues (revenge, passion etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Transport entrepreneurs/syndicate
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation Transport entrepreneurs/syndicate
Actor 2 - Youth na
Total Injured 7
Totally damaged Vehicles 1
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