Four deaths in Rupandehi put spotlight on Nepal’s trigger-happy cops

Law enforcement agencies tend to show discriminatory behaviour against protests and crowds in the Tarai and by the underprivileged, rights activists say.

Deaths of four people in Motipur Industrial Corridor Area in Rupandehi district in police firing on Sunday has once again turned the spotlight on Nepal’s trigger-happy security forces. Questions have once again arisen over why the law enforcement agencies in the country tend to be too quick to react leading to fatalities, especially when the protesters constitute underprivileged people and when protests and clashes occur in Tarai districts.