Over 600 arrested, massive protests rock Kathmandu
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Sept 14, IRNA
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Over 600 pro-democracy activists including several top leaders, were arrested and scores injured in Kathmandu Tuesday in police crackdown on protestors who were marching towards the Royal Palace from different corners of Nepalese capital, reports Press Trust of India (PTI).
Thousands of demonstrators, carrying flags and chanting anti-King and pro-democracy slogans, broke police cordon to enter restricted areas at Ratnapark, Bhotahity Bhrikutimandap and Baghbazaar.
Riot police, mobilised in large numbers to supress the demonstrators, baton charged the activists, sprayed water from the fire engines and used tear gas shells before dragging the protestors to police vans.
About two dozen activists were injured in the clashes with the riot police, party sources said.
Twenty students were injured as clashes continued Tuesday in Mahendra Ratna Campus in Tahachal.
Nepali Congress (Democratic) acting President Gopalman Shreshtha, Janamorcha Nepal President Amik Serchan, Nepali Congress central member Ramchandra Poudyal and Ramsharan Mahat, former home minister Khum Bahadur Khada and Nepal Communist Party UML-Central member Bam Dev Gautam were among those arrested as the seven-party alliance intensified its pro-democracy agitation.
Nepali Congress office secretary Shobhakar Parajuli claimed that at least 300 workers of the party were arrested today.
Over 200 workers of Nepali Congress (Democratic) and nearly 100 of the CPN-UML were also detained during the protests, party officials said.
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