According to police, locals of Hansposa-8, Visanpur took Binod Chaudhari, 18, of Hansposa-5, Amaha, under their control and scythed him brutally. Binod, who was waiting for his SLC results, was instigated by his own friends to clash with locals of another locality. [break]
The clash between two groups of locals was an outcome of a longstanding feud.
The feud was triggered by a minor incident three months ago in which Visanpur folks had allegedly killed a goose owned by an Amaha resident. Residents of Visanpur and Amaha have time and again clashed with each other since then. The deadliest clash came Thursday night in which two groups of villagers fought for two hours.
In the prelude to Thursday´s clash, Visanpur folks had thrashed two youths of Amaha hours before. A group of vengeful Amaha folks headed for Visanpur with weapons. As Visanpur folks also came out with batons and khukuris, the bloody clash erupted. "I was very much scared. Yet, I requested all infuriated youths to stay back. But nobody listened to my requests," Prem Kumari Subedi, 65, who witnessed the whole clash, recollected the incident.
Shree Lal Kunwar, 70, Pran Kumar Kunwar, 38, Mangalu Kunwar, 25, Teyagra Chaudhari, 50 and Uma Lal Chaudhari, 35, of Visanpur, had been injured in the clash. Of them, Shree Lal, Pran and Mangalu are from the same family.
Likewise, Umesh Chaudhari, 25, Ratan Chaudhari, 20, Laxman Chaudhari, 22, and Ashok Chaudhari, all from Amaha, sustained injuries.
While four of them have been rushed to Neuron Hospital in Biratnagar, five have been admitted at the Community Hospital in Itahari. Police have arrested nine persons of Visanpur on the charge of killing Binod. In the aftermath of the clash, Amaha folks had vandalized some houses in Visanpur in retaliation for Binod´s killing.
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