Kathmandu : Violence in Nepal continued unabated with at least five people, including a 13-year-old boy and a woman, killed in clashes between protesters and police as the Madhesi stir against the proposed Constitution raged despite Prime Minister’s appeal for dialogue.
Two agitators were killed in Janakpur, Dhanusha district, as hundreds of cadres and supporters of the United Democratic Madhesi Front took to the streets defying a curfew order.
A 13-year-old boy was killed during curfew hours also in Janakpur during the ongoing agitation. The boy had defied the curfew as he met with his friends behind a temple. As the police opened fire, his other friends escaped but he was hit by a bullet. A woman was also shot dead during police firing in Jaleshwor, Mahottari district. In a separate incident an injured policeman, who was being taken to hospital, was killed after agitators dragged him out of the ambulance in Jaleshwor Municipality. The deaths have taken the total number of those killed in protests over the proposed Constitution to 38 in a month.
Shirish B Pradhan
