
Banke, December 10
The Banke District Administration Office on Tuesday announced that if lifted an order issued on Sunday restricting demonstrations in Kohalpur city of the district.
Tension had run high in the city after a truck had hit a schoolgirl in Kohalpur-6 on Sunday. After locals blocked the Nepalgunj-Kohalpur road section demanding action against the driver, police had used force to resume the traffic movement and it had triggered a clash. Some police personnel and school students had been injured in the clash.
Following that, the office had restricted demonstrations there.
Meanwhile, DSP Hem Bahadur Shahi, the chief of Kohalpur Area Police Office, has been transferred to the DPO. DSP Shiva Bahadur Singh has replaced him.