Bara, Nepal, May 7, 2020: Nepal-India bordering area adjoining Suvarna Rural Municipality-2 of Bara district remained tense through the day after Indian national attacked the post office of the Armed Police Force (APF) on Thursday.
As Armed Police Force personnel stopped two Indian nationals while they were reportedly trying to enter Nepal defying the ongoing nationwide lockdown on Thursday morning, about one hundred people attacked the police with stones and bricks.
Indian nationals had reportedly pelted the security personnel with stones and brick ear the post office set up at the bordering area, which is near to the Indian village, Hanumannagar. With the attack, the post office is partially damaged. It is said that armed police force also opened a blank fire to disperse the move.
As Indian nationals have been entering in Nepal taking advantage of the open border after the spreading fear of corona virus (COVID-19) in India, the local Nepali nationals have also been extending supports to the police personnel to stop the Indian nationals in the borders.
Nepal security forces have intensified the security and vigilance in the border area in recent days to stop the entry from India.
