KATHMANDU, July 8: Police said they resorted to baton-charge to disperse the protestors gathered along the Araniko Highway in the Koteshwar-Kaushaltar area on Wednesday morning. Police claimed it was a minor scuffle between them and the protestors and that no one was injured.
Three protesters and five policemen including Deputy Superitendent of Police Biswo Raj Pokharel and Assistant Inspector Dipendra Chand were injured in the scuffle, according to myrepublica correspondent Dipesh Shrestha.[break]
Protesters clash with police.Dipesh Shrestha
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The traffic movement along the Araniko Highway between Koteshwar in Kathmandu and Gatthaghar in Bhaktapur has remained stalled after some locals and students enforced a chakka jam at Kaushaltar. The protestors have demanded action against those involved in the lynching of the four youths which resulted in the death of two teenagers.
The four were lynched at Dhunchopakha in Bhaktapur on Tuesday over kidnapping allegations. The severe beating on Tuesday followed a brawl a day before. Two of the teenagers who died undergoing treatment at B & B Hospital have now been identified.
Relatives of the deceased during protests at Koteshwar.Dipesh Shrestha
Sabin Mahat Chhetri, a grade XII student at Adarsha Janapremi Higher Secondary School* at Kaushaltar and resident of Pepsicola Chhapro, was one of the two who succumbed to his injuries. The other deceased has been identified as Jiban Gaha Magar*, a tenth grader of Koteshwar Saraswoti Secondary School*. A permanent resident of Palpa he was was living at Pepsicola Chhapro.
Meanwhile, police have ´corrected´ the identity of one of the injured youths. Police said it is not Sujan Thapa* of Pepsicola but Saroj Rai, a permanent resident in Okhaldhunga district and now living at Koteshwar.
* (Corrected)
