Friday, January 27, 2006

Today's 7 dal bandh!

Another tragic or .. so so bandh by saat dal:

Today's bandh was really a suffocating ever in Nepalis bandh history. Many
furious students and people were indulged in making bandh a real bandh.

One people was injured in Pokhara by a bullet from security personnel.

Online edition of THT goes: One protester was injured when police resorted
to firing blanks in Pokhara to control the protesters demonstrating to in
support of the nationwide bandh called by the seven-party alliance. Police
fired at least four rounds to control the mob. Atleast 5 people were also
injured when protesters clashed with police.
Basudev Baral sustained injuries in the police firing.
Earlier, the protesters clashed with the police. Basudev Tripathee, a
protester, and police inspector Tek Bahadur Karki were injured in the
clash. After the situation got out of control, the security forces
resorted to firing. Karki is undergoing treatment at Western Regional
Hospital in Pokhara.
More than two dozen protesters were also arrested by the police.

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