The clash ensued after the police tried to use force to open the highway blocked by the protesting stone crushers and entrepreneurs.
Policeman Sanjeev Verma received a bullet and succumbed to the injuries while undergoing treatment at Narayani Sub-regional Hospital in Birgunj.
Police suspect that someone from the mass might have shot at the police with a homemade pistol. The area remained tense after the incident.
Stone crushers and the entrepreneurs had been obstructing the highway protesting a hike in tax on export of crushed stones to India.
Police fired several rounds in the air to disperse the agitators. Just a few hours before, police had baton-charged the protestors and opened the highway.
Meanwhile, police also used force to remove the blockade set up by stone crushers at Hetauda of Makwanpur and Nijgad of Bara.
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