Naveen Manandhar, spokesperson of Kathmandu Metropolitan City says: City police have no right to lathicharge or beat by law. But they can do that in defense
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The Kathmandu Metropolitan City ran a dozer at the Kavadi collection center in Chasal on Thursday. During the removal of Kawadi collection center at the request of the locals, two workers pelted stones in protest. The stone broke the glass of the dozer. The city police charged lathi. One person was hurt in the head. Another person was injured.
A few days ago, the city police chased another Kawadi collector on the street.
The video of the police raid is now going viral on social media. There have been many incidents of city police throwing boots on street traders . But does the city police have the right to throw boots and hit them with sticks or not? Can the city police do such inhuman behavior? The question arises.
The Local Government Operation Act 2074 has specified the work, duties and rights of the city police. In paragraph 3 of the Act, it is provided that the municipal police can be involved in the implementation of municipal policies, laws, standards and decisions, protection of property, security management of festivals. The Act has not given such authority to the city police to arrest, lathi charge, chase, beat.
Metropolitan Police Act 2080, section 7, point 13, the work, duties and rights of the Metropolitan Police are also specified . None of the 13 points mentioned in that section have given the city police the right to detain, lathi-charge, or arrest anyone.
The constitution also gives the local level the right to make laws by making arrangements such as keeping arms, baton charging, and arresting. not given The arrangements for peace and security will be made by the union and state governments. But in the name of waste management, the metropolitan police have been throwing sticks and pelting openly on the streets.
Stakeholders have also protested saying that such an act is against the law and should be done from the point of view of humanity But he says that the law does not give such a right.
He says, "What happened in Chasal, you have to understand that". It has also been heard that the city police were attacked. He said that the law does not have the right to charge or beat the city police.
"Balaju, Asan, Koteshwar etc. have been designated certain places for street traders to do business," he said.
