The officials in Nepal have more than 100 people as the government investigates the fatal violence during a protest march organized by the supporters of former King Gyanendra Shah, demanding the restoration of constitutional monarchy in the Himalayan country. Some parts of Kathmandu saw a stressful situation on Friday, when former-minister protesters teased stones, attacked a political party office, set fire to vehicles and looted shops in the capital.
Officials said two people, including a television cameraman and a guard, were injured at least 112 people, officials said, the police used force to stop the throwing crowd from marching towards Parliament House in the capital Kathmandu. The army was later called to control the situation.
According to a notice issued by the Kathmandu District Administration Office, the authorities imposed a curfew in some parts of the capital at 4.25 pm on Friday, which was removed from 7 am on Saturday. So far, the police have arrested 105 agitators who were involved in burning houses and barbarity of vehicles during Friday’s demonstrations.
Those arrested included Restrian Prajantra Party General Secretary, Dhawal Shamshar Rana and a central member of the party, Rabindra Mishra, others.
Protest in Nepal
The protesting monarchy was demanding the restoration of the monarchy and a Hindu kingdom. The protest became violent after the movement’s convenor Durga Principal, broke the security barricade, riding a bulletproof vehicle, and moved towards Banswar, where Parliament House is located.
The chief person behind Friday’s violent demonstration, Kathmandu District Police Range Superintendent of Police, Apil Bohara said.
Police said the authorities shot rubber bullets and rounds in the air after using tear gas and water cannons against the mob. According to reports, some protesters stoned the police.
Police spokesman Dinesh Kumar Acharya told news agency AFP, “A guard has died of a gun bullet.”
Acharya said that a journalist of protesters died when the protesters established the building that he was doing with fire. During violent demonstrations, 14 buildings were set on fire and nine was brutally carried out. According to officials, nine government vehicles were tortured and six private vehicles were given barbarity.
According to the police, 53 police personnel, 22 armed police force personnel and 35 protesters were injured in Friday’s incident.
The protesters also attacked the Kantipur television building and Annapurna Media House in the Tinken area.
Prithvi Sabba Gurung, spokesperson of the Minister of Communications and Information Technology Cabinet, said, “This is a sheer barbarity, arson, looting and chaos. It cannot be a protest.”
Monarchy in Nepal
In 2008, a specially elected assembly abolished the 239-year-old monarchy under an agreement, which ended a Maoist rebellion, killing 17,000 people in 1996–2006 and converted to Nepal from a Hindu state to a secular, federal republic from a Hindu state.
The 77 -year -old Gyanendra, the last king of the Himalayan nation, lives with his family as a common mango in a private house in Kathmandu.
In 16 years since the eradication of the monarchy, Nepal saw the formation of 14 governments. Political instability has stopped economic development, inspired by millions of youth to work abroad, mainly in the oil-rich Middle East, South Korea and Malaysia.
Public frustration on the failure of gradual governments to meet commitments to develop the economy is increasing, which depends on help and tourism. But the former king gained momentum on Monark Moment after appealing for support in a video message telecast on democracy day (19 February).
Subsequently, a rally organized a rally in support of the former king on 9 March, which landed from Pokhara to Tribhuvan International Airport after visiting religious places in different parts of the country.
What do people want
Prior to the violence at the rally, a protector, Meena Subedi, told AFP that “things have only deteriorated” in recent years.
The 55 -year -old said, “The country should have developed significantly. People should have had job opportunities, peace and security and good governance. We should have been corruption free.”
Opposition parties meanwhile, in a counter-enimsuration, had msquired thousands of more people to “protect the Republican system” in the capital.
“Naples will not return to the past,” Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda “said, a former guerrilla chief who led the Maoist rebellion of a decade before entering politics and has served as Prime Minister three times since then.
“Maybe he dared to lift his head because pro -American Republic has not been able to distribute according to the wishes and wishes of the people.”
‘Prachanda’ also said that he is behind the violence that killed two. “It is clear that Gyanendra Shah (the last king of Nepal) is behind all these acts. Gyanendra Shah is guilty. It is time for the government to take strict action. Investigation should be done to provide justice to criminals, and this issue cannot be given, it is not an issue,” said.
Meanwhile, 77 -year -old Gyanendra Shah avoided commenting on Nepal’s terrible politics on a large scale, but recently made several public demonstrations with supporters.
Shah was crowned in 2001 after his elder brother, King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah, and his family was killed in a palace genocide, which erased most of the royal family. His coronation took place because the Maoist rebellion was fierce in far-flung corners of Nepal.
Shah suspended the constitution and dissolved the Parliament in 2005, with a democratic rebellion in which the Maoists orchestrated the huge road protests with the political establishment of Nepal. Finally ended the end of the struggle, with Parliament voting in 2008 to end the Hindu monarchy of Nepal. Nepal is a house of eight out of 14 highest peaks in the world, including Mount Everest.