Kanchanpur, Nepal: At least eight people including two police personnel injured in a scuffle erupted after open fire against the protesters in Kanchanpur on Thursday.
As demonstrations turned violent mode, police opened fire targeting the protesters. The local people of the Kanchanpur district have been protesting for three days demanding arrest of the culprit involved in the rape and murder case of Nirmala Panta.
According to the reports, the injured have been identified as Arjun Bhandari, Tej Bhatta, Krita Paneru, Manoj Budha and Santosh Kathariya.
Among the injured, Bhandari has received a bullet in his left leg while others have also sustained shrapnel injuries. Injured demonstrators have been receiving treatment at Seti Zonal hospital.
Likewise, police head constable Harka Bahadur Pal and Constable Mahesh Bhatta have also been injured in the scuffle.
Kanchapur locals have been demonstrating for the last three days alleging the administration for dillydallying to arrest of the culprit involved in the raping and killing of 13 year old Nirmala Panta of Bhimdatta municipality-2, Kanchanpur.
Though the police have arrested 41-year-old Dilip Singh Bista, a local of Bhimdatta Municipality-19 on the charge of involving in the case, the locals have no belief that he would not have the culprit as he is mentally retarded person.
