In the first week of March, the police in plain clothes were deployed after receiving information about the presence of customs evasion goods in the shed of a house located in Bairia, Mukhiyapatti, Musaharnia-6. The owner of the needle warehouse that the ward police was trying to raid in the warehouse of the local Bhaju Yadav had already found it. According to the police assigned to the investigation, before the raid, the group of smugglers had planned to retaliate against the police as a last resort. As soon as the police reached there, a dispute started between the two parties.
District Police Dhanusha SP Bhuvaneshwar Tiwari said that after some people tried to forcibly take away the goods, the police fired one round in the air to control the situation. He said that when the group of smugglers started attacking more after seeing a small number of policemen, they used force.
'Only 14 policemen . The smugglers were in the number of 250/300, SP Tiwari said, "They broke the floor of the godown and pelted the police with stones and tried to escape with the goods." After controlling the situation, the police seized chargers, batteries and mobile-related goods worth Rs. 19 lakh 62 thousand 500 from the godown.
Last February 24, there was a clash between the armed police and a group of smugglers at Mahinathpur checkpoint in Videh municipality of Dhanusha. When checked between Dubhi Dhola and Gowrahi, liquor was being smuggled to India on three motorcycles. Five security personnel were deployed there under the leadership of Assistant Inspector Madhav Adhikari of the Armed Police . Because they did not have a liquor bill, when they were arrested and asked to bring the bill, they escaped on two motorcycles . Soon after, a group of 50 people came and beat up Assistant Inspector Officer and Police Constable Balram Razak, said DSP Suraj Rizal, in-charge of Armed Police Border Security Gulm Mahinathpur.
"We have also filed a complaint with the Nepal Police about this incident," he said, "it appears that there is a person outside the local area who beat the police." That's why we have not been able to do anything in this incident. According to him, a local woman known as Chachi is involved in smuggling by keeping gangsters at the border. The police say that as soon as they caught his belongings, they called people from India and tried to argue with him. He claims that the smuggler known as Nike 'Chachi' is the main driver of all these incidents.
Movement, people's representatives protest against the installation of CCTV. Not only those involved in smuggling but also people's representatives were seen in opposition to it. Videh Municipality Chief Bechan Das started a protest along with smugglers demanding the removal of CCTV. They also blocked the Janakpur-Jayanagar train and demanded the removal of CCTV.
DSP Rizal has alleged that the CCTV was broken by the group that came to protest on the same day. He said that the police remained calm so that the protest did not turn into violence. Later, the police registered an indecent behavior case against four locals for being involved in breaking the CCTV.
Although so far they are absconding. City chief Das admits to breaking the CCTV and claims that the police are guilty of the incident. He said that the local movement started after the police started causing a lot of trouble. He argued that the locals were not allowed to bring more than five kg of food from across the border.
He said about the breaking of CCTV under the leadership of the city chief, "The police abuse people who go to defecate". Instead of installing CCTV at the border, they have installed it in the village. Not everyone has a toilet at home. People who go to the toilet in the open are arrested and tortured. The event is not yet closed. It will become more violent, if the police do not withdraw the case, there will be more protests.'
Gobind Sah, a retired SSP of Nepal Police, analyzes the clash between smugglers and the police at the border because of financial benefits. The main reason is the financial benefit. "It happens to both parties," he said, "even when there is a difference in practical and legal matters, there are clashes on the border." Referring to the relationship between India and Nepal, he said that when they bring food for household work, when the police check it, locals get angry and dispute.
Jitendra Mahaseth, District Senior Vice President of Madhesh Pradesh Industry and Commerce Association, accused the police of arguing with smugglers at the border for selfish reasons. If the police want it, no one can bring even a single needle illegally. However, now it seems that more than 45 percent of the goods are smuggled,'' he said, 'due to which real businessmen have been killed.' Some people are forced to buy and sell smuggled goods.' He argues that it is very difficult for businessmen to sell goods that have been smuggled and paid taxes on the price of smuggled goods. He said that because of that, some people have made smuggling a profession.
Madhesh Province Chief DIG Lalamani Acharya pointed out that clashes happen for the interests of limited individuals. He said that even if the law is not followed, there are fights in some places. According to him, in recent times, big traders have made local people as porters and kept small quantities of goods in warehouses after evading customs.
He said that he sometimes disputes with the police because of the livelihood of the locals. "The police know by looking at household goods and smuggled goods," he said, "that's why it is wrong for the police to give pain." The trafficker is only trying to take advantage of it. He said that there was a problem in enforcing the law when the local people's representatives were not honest. He alleged that people's representatives are giving recommendations to bring goods even to smugglers in the name of disputes and banquets.
