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English - Support to Participatory Constitution Building in Nepal ...

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The Remake of a StateFigure 12.1 Various effects of small arms <strong>in</strong> societySource: Designed by the author2.2.1 Violence, crime and <strong>in</strong>security<strong>Nepal</strong>ese people are seriously suffer<strong>in</strong>g from <strong>in</strong>security and violence.Phenomena of crime-led <strong>in</strong>security such as kidnapp<strong>in</strong>g of children,murder and attempted murder, rubbery, illegal traffick<strong>in</strong>g of arms andammunitions, human traffick<strong>in</strong>g, drugs abuses and traffick<strong>in</strong>g, atrocities,massacres and forced displacement have become the daily nuisance(Upreti and <strong>Nepal</strong>i 2006). This phenomenon, particularly from Terai, isgrow<strong>in</strong>g especially after the sign<strong>in</strong>g of the CPA. The police record showsthat <strong>in</strong> Kathmandu Valley alone arms were confiscated 13 times by police<strong>in</strong> six months (2008 July 16 <strong>to</strong> 2009 January 13). Similarly, <strong>Nepal</strong> Policeconfiscated small arms 95 times <strong>in</strong>-between eight months of 2008 and2009, 256 times <strong>in</strong> 2006/07 and 111 times <strong>in</strong> 2005/06 <strong>in</strong> the country (ibid).This shows the <strong>in</strong>tensity of proliferation of small arms.247

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