The clashes ensured after the police intervened in a protest rally staged by the UMMF cadres along the Koshi Highway, leaving the window pane of the police van, Na 1 Jha 1228, badly damaged.
The UDMF has been taking to the streets protesting the death of the three cadres who died in the police firing recently. A preparation is underway to start a funeral procession from Koshi Zonal Hospital.
According to a UDMF source, the procession will pass through the various parts of the city before performing final rights.
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