Himalayan News Service

Kathmandu, March 17:

Police today detained around two dozen student and youth leaders from various parts of the Valley while they were staging protest rallies on the last day of their first phase of protest programmes against the February 1 Royal takeover. The students took out rallies from various parts of the valley, including Bhotahity, Bangemuda, Ason and Mahaboudha. Protest rallies were also organised in Biratnagar, Janakpur, Pokhara, Butwal and Nepalgunj, student leaders said. Padam Palunge and Niranjan KC, central members of Nepal Tarun Dal, Bharat Shahi of Nepal Student Union, Santosh Kattel, vice-president of NSU’s Pashupati Campus unit, Kamal Regmi, chairman of NSU’s Amrit Science Campus unit, Om Gurung of Ratna Rajya Campus and Phanindra Niroula and Laxmi KC were among the detained. Similarly, police detained Hari Rai, central member of Democratic National Youth Federation (DNYF) and its lalitpur district president Hera Kaji Maharjan from Bangemudha. Police also detained the federation’s Bhaktapur district committee president Bachan Deuja and central committee member Abdul from Bhaktapur.