KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 21
Minister of Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand has directed all the security bodies to help restore peace in Triveni Municipality of Bajura.
The situation in the municipality has become tense following the death of two persons there. Three persons were injured in the election violence that ensued in the municipality in the course of voting for election for member of House of Representatives and Province Assembly yesterday.
Home Minister Khand has directed Home Secretary Binod Prakash Singh, Inspector General of Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh, Armed Police Force's Inspector General Raju Aryal, Chief of the Ministry's Security Coordination Division, Joint-Secretary Phanindra Mani Pokharel and the Chief District Officer of Bajura Prakash Chandra Adhikari to normalise the situation and restore peace in Triveni Municipality.
Sanjeev Aidi, a local youth, was shot during a clash between police and locals that took place when voting was in progress at the polling centre in Nateshowri Basic School, Ward No 7 of Triveni Municipality yesterday.
Chetan Aidi, another local youth who was injured in another incident following the clash between police and locals, died while being treated at Bayalpata Hospital.
The situation was tense following these two incidents in Triveni.
The situation is under control now following the initiatives from the centre and the district, said Assistant Chief District Officer Lokendra Bahadur Bishta.
Joint-Secretary Pokharel, who is also the spokesperson for the ministry, said the situation in Triveni of Bajura was now becoming normal with the efforts from the centre and the district.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Khand took updates of the jeep accident in Patan, Baitadi, this morning in which four policemen were killed and some others sustained injuries.
The jeep carrying the policemen met with accident while returning after dropping ballot boxes at Patan.
Minister Khand has directed the bodies concerned to make arrangements for the proper treatment of people injured in the incident.
The home minister took information about the accident from the CDO of Baitadi, the chief of district police and the security chief at the centre, and directed them to make proper arrangements for treatment of the injured and to write to the ministry if the district's resources were inadequate to that end.
A version of this article appears in the print on November 22, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
