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Gaur tense as police clash with demonstrators

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GAUR, Aug 24: Tension has flared in Gaur after the demonstrators clashed with police in Rautahat district on Monday.

Police have fired four rounds of teargas shells to contain the situation after the demonstrators pelted stones at the District Administration Office of Rautahat district on Monday.


Wielding wooden spares, bamboo sticks and bricks, the irate cadres have vandalized the windowpanes of the District Court Office, Rautahat. The protestors have also pelted bricks and stones at the survey office, land revenue office.

The protestors have dispersed and are protesting from various places now.

They had given an ultimatum to close down Gaur-based government offices including district administration office, survey office, land revenue office and district court office today as part of their protest programs.

The Madhes-centric parties have been hitting the streets since last 11 days, demanding to include some hilly parts in province-2 in the new federal structure.



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