Kathmandu: Police have arrested six persons on the charge of torching police vehicles in Balaju.
On Monday, violence erupted in Balaju during a protest by transport workers in which over 41 security personnel were injured, and protesters vandalized private and police vehicles.
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Following the arrest, police have filed a case against them at the Kathmandu District Court on criminal charges. The Court has already remanded the arrested in custody for three days.
The transport operators were protesting against the traffic police’s ‘stringent’ rules, and Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s decision not to let long and medium route public vehicles park in open spaces other than inside the New Bus Park at Gongabu.
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