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Police detain 15 protesters demanding protection of Nepalis serving in Russian army

KATHMANDU, April 1: The police detained 15 people who protested in front of the southern gate of Singha Durbar today, demanding the protection of the lives of Nepalis serving in the Russian army.
By Republica

KATHMANDU, April 1: The police detained 15 people who protested in front of the southern gate of Singha Durbar today, demanding the protection of the lives of Nepalis serving in the Russian army. 


Superintendent of Police Navraj Adhikari said that those who were protesting in front of the federal government secretariat complex in the country were arrested as they were holding demonstrations in the prohibited area.


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Kritu Bhandari, the leader of the awareness campaign activists, among others was detained.


SP Adhikari said, "Fifteen people including 10 men and five women who demonstrated in front of the Singha Durbar have been detained." 


According to the District Police Range, Kathmandu, those arrested are kept at the police circle, Singha Durbar. 


They protested demanding the return of the bodies of those who died in the course of the Russia-Ukraine war fighting on behalf of the Russian army, and searching for those who have lost contact and the rescue of the Nepalis stranded there.


(RSS)

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