According to Chief District Officer Ram Kumar Shrestha, the curfew would be lasted till 7.30 pm this evening.On Monday, a curfew had been enforced in Tikapur area for indefinite period following the clash with agitating Tharu protesters.
Nepal Army (NA) personnel had been also deployed to prevent any further untoward incident in the area after at least eight persons, including a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), two inspectors of the Nepal Police, and a two-year-old toddler were killed and 42 other policemen were injured in the clash with them in Shankarpur area of Tikapur Municipality on Monday.
The clash had ensued after police prevented the protestors from breaching the prohibited zone.
Around 20,000 Tharuhat activists had arrived in Tikapur from various parts of the district to put up signboards of Autonomous Tharuhat in government offices and organize a protest rally.
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