Fifteen-Point Attention Letter on Disability Rights Submitted to Gandaki Health Minister
INSEC, along with other organizations, submitted a 15-point attention letter to the Health Minister of the Gandaki Provincial Government on 27 September, Krishna Prasad Pathak. Shiva Prasad Khakurel, coordinator of INSEC Gandaki Province, informed that the letter was submitted to Minister Pathak by INSEC, the National Federation of the Disabled-Nepal…
Accused Arrested Crime of Rape
The police arrested 23-year-old Binod BK of Arughat Rural Municipality-1 on September 23 for the charge of raping a 35-year-old woman. According to the police, the accused was arrested for investigation based on the complaint filed by the victim on September 22. She in her complaint alleged that the accused…
District Hospital in Myagdi Lacks 92 Types of Free Medicines for Distribution
Patients at Beni Hospital are facing difficulties due to the lack of a smooth supply of medicines that are free to be distributed at the district level. The hospital operates a free medicine distribution unit but currently has only 25 to 30 types of medicines available. While the government provides…
Health Workers in Gorkha Have Halted Services Following Beating of Medical Officer
Health workers at Makaising Primary Health Center, Gandaki Rural Municipality-1, stopped service delivery on September 17 in protest against the beating of medical officer Dilip Kumar Kushwaha. Kushwaha has alleged that a group led by former ward Chairperson Deubahadur Gurung of ward-2, from the same rural municipality, beat him. Gurung,…
Monitoring in Presence of INSEC: Municipality Seizes and Destroys Inedible Food
The retail groceries and food stores operating in Ward-7 of the Kathekhola Rural Municipality were monitored in the presence of INSEC on September 16. During the monitoring conducted under the coordination of Rural Municipality Vice Chairperson Tej Bahadur Thapa, along with the police team, Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC), journalists,…
Accused Sentenced to 18 years Imprisonment for Stattutory Rape
The District Court sentenced 28-year-old Rajesh Dawadi of Bhanu Municipality-4 Dordor to 18 years imprisonment for the crime of raping a 13-year-old girl. Registrar Keshav Paudel informed that the bench of the District Court Judge, Chandrakumar Pokhrel decided the sentence along with a compensation of Rs 1,00,000 to the victim…
INSEC Initiated Financial Assistance to Violence Victim
INSEC provided financial assistance to Panthi BK, 73 of Dahare Deurali, Badigad Rural Municipality-10 on 31 August. The INSEC District Representative handed over Rs 5,000 to the victim for treatment and justice through INSEC's ‘Victim Assistance’ program. The victim had filed an application for assistance with INSEC on 30 August,…
Editor-in-Chief Threatened Over News Report
A group claiming to be victims of Suryadarshan Saving and Credit Cooperative Limited threatened Ramakrishna Gyawali, the editor-in-chief of Samadhan Daily and burned copies of the newspaper in front of the District Court in Kaski on August 21. The newspaper published a front-page story titled "GB Raiko Kukarma ko Sikar…
Accused Arrested for Sexual Abuse
Police arrested a 14-year-old boy on August 20 for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl. Inspector Dhurba Sharma of the District Police Office stated that the accused was arrested for investigation on the basis of the complaint filed. In the complaint the aggrieved party had alleged that the accused had sexually…
Accused Arrested for Incest Rape
Police arrested 27-year-old male on August 17 for the charge of raping his 48-year-old mother. DSP Dipak Kumar Rai of the District Police Office said that after the victim lodged a complaint at the District Police Office on August 17 that the accused had repeatedly raped the her and the…