ITAHARI, March 4: Over two dozen people were injured in a clash between local people over a dispute at Narsingh-4 in Sunsari. Some of them are reported to be in serious condition.
The clash flared up following an intervention of local people when a group of people tried to use local land for crematorium, police said.
Smugglers clash with police in Sunsari, two injured
"Stones were hurled at a meeting called at a local tea shop to settle the issue of using the land for crematorium, leading to the fight," said Deputy Superintendent of Police Dal Bahadur Shrestha. Scores of local people marched in the streets in protest following the incident.
The situation has come under control however, after police and Armed Police Force reached the incident site and intervened, he said, adding that police were also providing security to local people.
The injured were being treated at heath facilities like Biratnagar-based Neuro Hospital, BP Koirala Institute of Sciences in Dharan, Sunsari District Hospital and local health posts, local people said.
Chief District Officer Gopal Prasad Parajuli said both the fighting sides were called for a dialogue to settle the issue.
Meanwhile, State Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Sita Ram Mehata requested the kin and relatives of those injured to keep restraints and urged all not to make the incident an issue of race and religion. RSS
