Home minister issues directive to restore peace in Bajura district

Kathmandu / Nov 21: Minister for Home Affairs, Bal Krishna Khand, has directed the home administration and the security bodies to restore peace in Triveni Municipality of Bajura district.

The situation in the municipality has become tense following the death of two persons in election-related violence. Three persons were injured in the incident on Sunday. Home Minister Khand has directed Home Secretary Binod Prakash Singh, Inspector General of Nepal Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh, Armed Police Force (APF)’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 bring the situation under control and restore peace in the municipality.

Sanjeev Aidi, a local youth who was hit by a bullet fired by the police, died on the spot during a clash between the police and the locals that ensued while voting under the election to the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies was in progress at the polling centre at Nateshowri Basic School in Triveni Municipality-7 on Sunday.

Chetan Aidi, another local youth who was injured in a separate clash with the police, died while undergoing treatment at Bayalpata Hospital. The situation turned tense following these two incidents at Triveni.

The situation has normalized at present compared to the situation in the morning following the initiatives from the centre and the district, said Assistant Chief District Officer Lokendra Bahadur Bishta.

Joint-Secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs 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 a jeep accident that took place in Patan, Baitadi district this morning (Monday) in which four policemen were killed and some others sustained injuries.

The jeep carrying the policemen met with an accident while it was returning from Patan after dropping ballot boxes. Minister Khand has directed the bodies concerned to make arrangements for the proper treatment of the people injured in the incident.

Home Minister Khand took stock of the situation about the accident from the Chief District Officer of Baitadi, the chief of the District Police Office and the security chief at the centre and directed them to make proper arrangements for medical treatment of the injured and to write to the ministry if the district’s resources were inadequate to that end.