Gurans Rural Municipality Chairman Attacks Chief Administrative Officer with Glass

Surkhet. An incident where the chairman of Gurans Rural Municipality in Dailekh, Top Bahadur BC, attacked his own municipality's chief administrative officer with a glass has come to light. Chairman BC attacked Chief Administrative Officer Dinayata Gharti on Monday.

According to sources, the incident occurred around 2 PM on Wednesday in BC's own office. This incident has now heated up social media. However, Chairman BC has not yet responded regarding the reality of the incident. 

When trying to inquire about the incident, Chairman BC could not be reached by phone. However, it is said that the dispute arose because Chief Administrative Officer Gharti did not agree with the work Chairman BC wanted to do, and in that process, he attacked with a glass.

According to sources, Gharti had been trying to control unnecessary operational expenses for some time. The central government itself has repeatedly issued circulars to control unnecessary operational expenses. Accordingly, Gharti had made efforts to control the indiscriminate use of fuel, the practice of holding programs in hotels, and to process the purchase of materials by the office and the chairman from the municipality's budget in a procedural manner.

However, Chairman BC was dissatisfied with the chief's activities, stating that he disagreed with the agenda set by him. Disputes have been ongoing on such issues, and on Monday, during a discussion with other employees in the office, BC attacked with a glass, according to sources.

Chairman BC is an elected representative from the CPN-UML. Although Chairman BC has not provided any clarification about the incident, Chief Administrative Officer Gharti has provided information.

Writing on social media Facebook, he stated that the chairman attacked him with a glass. 'During a question-and-answer session with the chairman regarding office work, the chairman threw a glass at the table targeting me, and its fragments injured me,' he said. 'I have informed the Chief District Officer of Dailekh, the Secretary and Joint Secretary of the Ministry of General Administration about this incident.' He also stated that he has been feeling unsafe since the day of the incident.

When Ratopati tried to contact Chairman BC by phone about the incident, the phone did not connect. However, the rural municipality's spokesperson, Dipendra Oli, said that there have been minor disputes between them since the past.

'There used to be disputes between them on various issues since the past,' he told Ratopati. 'I was not an eyewitness that day. It is their personal matter, I have nothing to say.'

He stated that although he is the spokesperson, he cannot say anything beyond institutional matters. He also said that although he met the chairman and vice-chairman on Wednesday, there was not much discussion on that topic.

According to him, in the past, there used to be disputes regarding the non-implementation of budgets allocated for development construction projects on time.

'Questions like why decisions were not implemented, and similar issues used to arise, sometimes work would be stalled due to elected representatives, sometimes due to employees, sometimes due to laws, rules, and procedures. In such situations, disputes would occur,' he added.

He stated that although the reason was not disclosed, a dispute occurred, both individuals got agitated, and this incident may have happened due to that reason.