SURKHET, FEBRUARY 28
The District Administration Office, Surkhet, has issued a prohibitory order from 8:15pm tonight to 7:00pm tomorrow after the agitation against the ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation agreement turned violent.
Chief District Officer Khagendra Prasad Rijal has issued the restraining order to take control of the situation after attempts were made to vandalise and set ablaze party offices and police posts in Surkhet. Gatherings in Subbakuna of Birendranagar in the east, Bangesimal in the west, Kankrebihar forest in the south, and Kapase in the north have been prohibited.
CDO Rijal said that the protesters became violent and a restraining order was issued to prevent further damage. The protesters had vandalised the offices of Nepali Congress, CPN (UML) and CPN (Maoist Centre) at Hatiya Line in Surkhet in the evening.
Police used force including firing tear gas shells to disperse the crowd that began vandalising party offices and setting them on fire. The agitators and the police clash in different places of Birendranagar also.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 1 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
