by Shiva Nath Yadav and two others from her village. Her husband also sustained injuries trying to shield her. She was taken to a medical center for treatment after being rescued with the help of other villagers. Shiva Nath Yadav's daughter had been ill, for which he blamed the victim of witchcraft. The police promised to take action if the victim lodged a complaint. 24 September 2017 Raj Kumari Upadhaya, a woman's rights activist and chairperson of the District Women's Rights Forum, Parsa, was assaulted in her home by a group of people including an officer of Nepal Armed Police Force. She was tortured for about two hours before she was rescued. According to the NGO Asian Human Rights Commission, the police tried to hush up the incident as it involved one of their own but were forced to act through external pressures. 30 December 2017 The Kathmandu Post reported repeated assaults on Ritadevi Das of Siraha district in southern Nepal, by her neighbours Indradevi and her daughter Neelam Das. Ritadevi filed a complaint against her assailants when she was assaulted for the third time, the last assault having occurred on the night of 30 December 2017. Her neighbours reportedly suspected witchcraft because Ritadevi's husband had been bedridden for three years due to diabetes. The 36-year old victim had been supporting her sick husband and their three children with daily-wage labour. 8 March 2018 Eighteen-year-old Radha Chaudhary of Dhangadhi was dragged from her home and tortured for six hours by a group led by a shaman, in front of hundreds of cheering onlookers, on 8 March 2018, International Women's Day. The victim had to be rushed to Seti Zonal Hospital. The police reportedly declined to register the complaint by the victim's family, instead advising them to seek community settlement and reconciliation, under pressure from the mayor and ward chair. The police were forced to take action when multiple NGOs and INGOs in the city exerted pressure on the city's law enforcement. Following his arrest, the shaman Bhole Baba reportedly apologised for breaking the law, affirming that he would stop "curing" the ill but would stay a "believer". The acting chief of the Area Police Office, Sukkad, Assistant Sub-inspector Dinesh Bista, was later suspended for his attempt to reconcile the two sides instead of taking police action. Bhole Baba was fined Rs 100,000 and sentenced to five years in jail, in