'No Cable Car' group and police clash, injured sent to Kathmandu

Protest against the incident in the state assembly

Magh 13, 2081

Kantipur Reporter

'No Cable Car' group and police clash, injured sent to Kathmandu

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19 policemen and 6 protestors were injured in a clash between the "No Cable Car Group" and the police in the Pathibhara area in Fungling Municipality-11 of Taplejung. Three protestors who were seriously injured in the clash have been taken to Kathmandu for further treatment by a Nepalese army aircraft.

Yam Bahadur Limbu was shot in the thigh by the police, Sagun Lavati was shot in the chest and Dharman Palungwa, who fell from Bhir, suffered a broken hip. They have been brought to Nobel Medical College in Biratnagar via District Hospital Taplejung. Due to their serious condition, they have been referred to Kathmandu.

There was a clash between police and protestors in Baludanda at around 6 o'clock on Saturday evening. After the protesters threw stones from above, the police fired tear gas and some bullets. Police Inspector Rohit Sharma and 19 policemen were injured in the clash, according to the Koshi State Police Office, Biratnagar.

Protest against the incident in the state assembly

Speaking in the Koshi state assembly, most of the MPs strongly opposed the police repression in Mukkumlung (Pathibhara) area. There was a clash between the No Cable Car group on Saturday. In which three protestors were seriously injured by police firing. Some policemen are also injured in the incident. 

Indra Angbo, the leader of the Maoist Center Parliamentary Party and Kamal Prasad Jabegu of the CPN United Socialist Party took a special time to speak against the police repression. Similarly, Congress MPs Pradip Sunuwar, Shamsher Rai and Govind Giri, RP Chief Whip Savina Bajgai, UML Chief Whip Vidur Lingthep and others speaking at zero time said that Mukkumlung area is an area with historical, cultural and religious significance of the Limbu community living in the eastern part, saying that this area is the ancestors of the Limbu and their cultural heritage. He said that it is connected with heritage.

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