Saroj Singh alias Deban Mahato of Ishworpur Municipality-13 is killed in a clash after police opened fire on him on June 30 at Banke Chowk in Ishworpur Municipality. He sustained a bullet injury on his head.
In a cash eight others were injured and it includes ward chairman Ram Krishna Mahato,34 of Ishworpur Municipality, 26 years old Raj Kumar Mahato according to parliamentarian Pramod Shah.
The injured are rushed to Birgunj for treatment according to the police. The clash started after local boy Amit Ray, 12 died by drowning in a ditch made by taking out sand and stones from the river. The locals were agitated against a ditch made in a river by taking sand and stones leading a death of a boy. Ray died on June 29 after drowning in a 30 feet deep ditch. They obstructed the highway demanding the action against the guilt. Locals demonstrated by taking a body of the boy in a street demanding the compensation and action against the guilt. The clash started after the police attempted to clear the highway. To control the mob, police opened fire killing 27 years old local Deban Mahato. SP Gopal Chanra Bhattarai of DPO said that police opened fire to control the demonstrators.