Bandha enforces have set ablaze a taxi with the registration no Ba 1 Ja 1877 by splashing petrol at Koteshwor.
Similarly, irate demonstrators vandalized a passenger bus in Mahottari district headquarters, Jaleswor for allegedly defying general strike.
According to our Palpa-based correspondent Teknarayan Bhattarai, UCPN (Maoist) cadres have vandalized as many as eight motorbikes in the district headquarters Tansen.
Meanwhile, police and demonstrators have clashed at Bijulibazaar in the capital.
At least two people were injured in a clash that ensued after police used force as protesters tried to stop the police van carrying arrested agitators. Police fired several round of tear gas shells to take the situation under control.
Twitting from his account, Baburam Bhattarai has claimed that police opened fire at the protesters injuring his cadres.
Bandh affects life in capital
However, SSP Narayan Singh Khadka, spokesperson at the Metropolitan Police Commissioner´s Office (MPCO), said security agency lobbed few teargas shells in self-protection after irate protesters hurled stones at police van.
The 30-party alliance has enforced 3-day general strike to exert pressure for the promulgation of new constitution in the spirit of consensus.
