Posted by Anup Baral December 22, 2015
Local residence of Chalnakhel, Kathmandu clashed with representatives of Everest Gas Company on tuesday. At least seven security personnel, including two Deputy Superintendents of Police, were injured in a clash.Police detained eight people, all of them local residents, for their involvement in vandalism. The locals had forcefully entered the premises of Everest Gas demanding that cooking gas cylinders refilled at the plant be distributed to them. According to police, they had to use force as the locals obstructed the supply of cooking gas cylinders from the plant. The Kathmandu Valley is currently witnessing acute crisis of fuel including cooking gas due to the border blockade for three months.
