Tharuhat Struggle Committee (TSC) shut down Kailali and Kanchanpur districts and Chhetri Society enforced a strike in all hill districts. [break]
On Wednesday, a delegation of agitating locals -- who had been demanding an undivided far-west since since April 27 -- struck a three-point deal with the government following the latter´s assurance to include all nine districts of the region in a single Seti-Mahakali state.
TSC has demanded that Kailali and Kanchanpur be made part of autonomous Tharuhat state while Chhetri society is for another autonomous state comprising all hill districts in the region.
TSC cadres who took to the streets from early Thursday morning vandalized an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman in Ramshikharjhala VDC-7. They also thrashed the pregnant Anita Kunwar and her husband Dabal Bishta after vandalizing the ambulance (Se 1 Cha 584).
"They attacked us with spears, iron rods and batons," Dabal said. A team of police which shortly reached the spot had rescued the Bishta couple. They are undergoing treatment at Seti Zonal Hospital.
The TSC cadres also burnt a motorcycle (Se 1 Pa 665) along Tikapur-Lamki road section. They also vandalized a tractor (Bhe 1 Cha 849) heading for Dugauli from Lamki.
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