The government has decided to deploy Nepal Army (NA) in conflict-affected areas in different parts the country. Minister for Home Affairs Bamdev Gautam informed the parliament that the meeting of security council decided to mobilize NA in Tikapur of Kailali, Malangawa of Sarlahi and Gaur of Rautahat. Minister Gautam said that the council concluded that Nepal Police & Armed Police Force alone can't control and army needed to be mobilized. In early afternoon Several police personnel, including a high-ranking officer, have been killed in a violent clash that erupted in Kailali district on Monday. Police SSP Laxman Neupane, inspectors Bal Ram Bishta and Keshav Bohara, and policeman Lokendra Chanda are among the dead. DIG Pushpa Ram KC, spokesperson for Armed Police Force (APF), said: “Many APF men and Nepal police personnel have died, but we are yet not able to confirm how many.”
