RAUTAHAT, Dec 25: Police have fired shots into the air to take the situation under control after two families clashed with each other over land dispute in Garuda Municipality-8 in the district.
The situation turned nasty after Hari Koshor Thakur of Garuda Municipality-8 brought a land surveyor to measure his land, claiming over some of his neighbor Atullah’s land.
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They started attacking with each other with stones and bricks prompting police to fire shots into the air to control the tense situation.
Locals briefly staged a road blockade for two and a half hours in Chandrapur Gaur road section after the police detained the two people.
Four people who sustained injuries in the clash are undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
Police have released Thakur and Atullah after they convinced them that they would settle the dispute at the local level.
