Lok Raj Pandey, 32 of Attariya Municipality-13, Padam Ojha of same municipality-4 and Bal Krishna Ojha of ward no. 3 have complained that they were beaten by the police while protesting against handing over of forest.
The victims complained that they were beaten on charge of protesting against District Forest Of Kailali for handing over a community forest to Muslim Community at Attariya Municipality-13.
One of the victim Lok Raj Pandey complained that they were intimidated by the police on October 3 while they were handing over a memorandum to District Forest Office ofKailali at Dhangadhi sub-metropolis-5.
SP Rajendra Bista of DPO Kailali however claimed that about three protestors were controlled by the police for some hours as they were disrupting a normal transportation during their protest. They were released later according to Bista.
Police claimed that the protestors were injured during stampede however none of the protestors were beaten by the police.