Some of the employees were working inside, when the riot started outside, they came out to save their lives. The limited security personnel at the gate could not stop it, vandalism and arson started at once.
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Although the legislative session of UML ended on August 22, Chief Minister of Karnali Province Yamlal Kandel did not return immediately. On the 23rd, he held some meetings with the federal ministries about the work to be done together by the state and the union.
Although he was scheduled to return on the evening of the 23rd, he moved the air ticket to the morning of the 24th due to the Gen-G movement. After returning from Kathmandu, Chief Minister Kandel, who came to the Chief Minister's residence, took some time to inform the secretariat and the security agencies about the adverse situation. "He had no idea that such a terrible situation would happen to him," said an employee of the Chief Minister's Secretariat, "but after we and the security personnel told him that the situation is complicated, he must be safe, he agreed to go to a safe place arranged by the Nepali Army."
One day he lived under the protection of the army, but when he went to a private residence in Birendranagar municipality-4 Bhairavasthan where his father, Maniram Kandel, 90 years old, was hugging him and crying profusely, a video went viral on social media. Kandel's father was out of the house when the fire broke out, so he was safe.
On August 23-24, Serofero, the former director of Karnali Province Hospital, Dr. Dumbar Khadka was on the Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage. He is saddened after the fire destroyed his residence in Itram, Birendranagar Municipality-7 on the 24th. Retired from the hospital last year, his wife Dr. Sanju lost Khadka .
'The people of Karnali were treated for almost 41 years, but as a result of that selfless service, Sanju's memories were so damaged,' he said. are . Purna Bahadur, Dr. Dumbar and their brother Vishnu are now living in a relative's house after all their three houses were burnt down.
According to Chetan Kandel, a businessman from Birendranagar, the biggest physical damage that has happened in the various protests so far has happened this time. He played an active role in the people's movement of 2046 and 2062/63 and the 'Akhand Madhyapaschim' movement and told that the current crowd is more aggressive.
'The previous day we had opened a shop, only a small crowd shouted slogans,' said the owner of the new bookstore at Ganthghar Line, 'The next day, the crowd from various wards gathered towards Ganthghar Line at around 11 o'clock.
Karnali Province Police Chief DIG Madhav Shrestha said that the crowd of demonstrators concentrated in the Chief Minister's Office, Authority and various ministries were prevented from setting fire by adopting high vigilance. "They were focused on arson in all the ministries, but their efforts were not successful as sufficient security personnel were mobilized everywhere," he said, "many places were saved from arson by our efforts, the employees in all the ministries were inside, if there had been an arson, there could have been human casualties."
The crowd shouting slogans around the Chief Minister's office for about 3 hours set fire to the nearby Napi and State Treasury Controller's offices, while the compound of the Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission office suffered minor damage. Kamal Sharma, another local businessman, said that after the attempt to set fire to the Chief Minister's office was not successful, the crowd turned towards Birendranagar Municipality. According to him, there was only a general vandalism as the security arrangements were tightened.
Around 4 to 5 o'clock, the protesters went towards the Chief Minister's residence and the State Assembly Secretariat. "Some of the employees were working inside, but escaped with their lives when the riot started," said Jivraj Budhathoki, Secretary of the Provincial Assembly Secretariat. According to the data of the provincial police office, the residence of Deputy Chief Nilakantha Dhakal was set on fire. According to the
office, after 6 o'clock, various ward offices of Birendranagar were set on fire. DIG Shrestha said that the exact details of the damage caused by the fire are not yet available. "The work of collecting the bond has been done on our behalf, the technical team will assess the actual damage," he said, "The police team is monitoring the damaged area to prevent further damage."
On the 23rd, most of the ministries and government offices in the provincial capital Birendranagar seemed deserted due to a large movement in Kathmandu. The customer pressure was low . Most of the ministers and heads of offices were absent as the security agencies had given 'alerts' about possible incidents. "There might be a protest on the 24th, so we could not go to the office, some employees were in the office for urgent service delivery," said an office head, "We were in touch with the security agencies, and when the crowd started increasing in the afternoon, we stayed in a safe place." "If the security personnel had not exercised restraint, many people could have lost their lives, and the damage would have been much more," he said.
