The strike has been called to protest the police taking control of a bus (Na 2 Kha 1395) operating on the Dharan-Khandbari route, in side which the Buddhist nun had been gang raped last month. [break]
On the night of June 24, five persons including the bus driver had gang-raped the 21-year-old nun of Khatma, Bhojpur inside the bus in Sabhakhola, Khandbari
Police had impounded the bus due to pressure from the locals. Following the police action, the transport entrepreneurs and workers’ organizations had served an ultimatum, asking the police administration to set the bus free by July 14.
The strike has been called for an indefinite period, after the police failed to release the bus within the set deadline, informed Saroj Shrestha, vice president of the Eastern Motors Syndicate, adding that they however are not against punishing the guilty.
He further added that the strike had been called after talks held at the Chainpur Area Police Office between the local police administration and representatives from the transport entrepreneurs’ organizations that failed to resolve the issue.
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