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One injured in Chitwan police firing

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KATHMANDU, July 13: A person was injured when the police resorted to firing in order to open the East-West Highway shut by locals at Khairahani of Chitwan on Wednesday morning.



Locals had disrupted transport services on the highway since early this morning, demanding compensation for the families of those killed in a bus-truck collision on May 27. [break]



Local Binod Chaudhary suffered a bullet injury on his leg, when the police opened fire after the locals retaliated against the efforts of the police to clear the highway.



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