Madhesi leader demanded that the government launch an independent probe into a clash between protesters and police in Jogbani of Morang. Sadbhawana Party Chairman Rajendra Mahato, one of the key leaders of the agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front, was injured in a clash with police at Rani customs point, near Biratnagar of Morang district, on Saturday. Morang District Police Office spokesperson DSP Pramod Kumar Kharel told THT Online that Mahato among some other cadres of the Front had gathered at the border point to stage a sit-in protest.
District Police Office spokesperson DSP Pramod Kumar Kharel of Morang told The Himalayan Times Online that Mahato among some other cadres of the Front had gathered at the border point to stage a sit-in protest.He, however, said that police did not have any information about actual injury of Mahato. “However, one of our constables sustained some injury.”
