Kathmandu, 8 December : A demonstration held following the road accident at Kohalpur has intensified. To take control over the situation the local administration has declared Kohalpur a prohibited zone. The demonstration erupted after a truck hit a seventh grader at a local Tribhuvan Secondary School, Prakriti Chand, was going to school along with her father on a motorcycle this morning.
The enraged mob torched the vehicle involved in the hit and set the canteen remaining inside the Area Police Office Kohalpur on fire. The area with its adjoining parts has been declared a prohibited zone to avoid any untoward incident. The demonstration has abated to some extent after the prohibition order. Over a dozen of people who included students and police personnel were injured in the clash.
Area Police Office Kohalpur Chief and Deputy Superintendent of Police Hem Bahadur Shahi is among those injured in the clash. He was hit by a stone pelted from the demonstrators’ side. The injured are being treated at the Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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