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Crackdown in Nepal [ Wednesday, April 12, 2006 09:33:54 pmPTI ]
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KATHMANDU: The Nepal police on Wednesday made more arrests, including some 24 politicians who were condoling the death of colleagues and 30 journalists, despite lifting of day-time curfew in the capital on the seventh day of the indefinite anti-King strike. Police in riot gear stormed a meeting called by the Seven Party Alliance for restoration of democracy at Ratnapark in the heart of Kathmandu to mourn four people killed in firing and other violence in the course of the strike. They also blocked the main entrance of Tundikhel Open Ground, half a km north of the Royal Palace, where the agitators were supposed to organise the condolence meeting. King Gyanendra was not in the Narainhiti Palace and is vacationing in the tourist spot Pokhra. Those arrested include: Nepali Congress central member Shashanka Koirala, Nepali Congress Kathmandu district president Tirtha Ram Dangol and Nepal Communist Party UML leader Ramnath Adhikari, party sources said. Police also baton-charged and fired tear gas shells at Ashon and Indrachowk when groups of agitators shouted anti-King slogans demanding democracy and civil rights. They created obstacles at various places for activists who were heading towards the condolence meeting venue. After State-run television announced the lifting of the curfew, imposed last Saturday, the number of security personnel deployed in the capital was reduced. Earlier in the day, police arrested at least 30 journalists and 5 human rights activists from peaceful demonstrations to demand press freedom and human rights. |
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