The administration announced the from 4:30 p.m. till 4:00 a.m. on Thursday as tensions flared following police failure even after 48 hours to nab non-licensed driver Bhim Bahadur Thapa who killed motorcyclist Basudev Poudel, 21, of Rajhena-3. Thapa also injured Poudel´s 17-year-old sister Sarita, who was pillion-riding. Around half a dozen people were injured and 11 were arrested by police while re-opening the obstructed highway.
The locals, who continued to protest and pelt stones even during curfew, were chased into the house of the dead youth and thrashed by the police.
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