Charikot tense after clash between student groups

Dolakha district headquarters Charikot has been shut down Thursday following a clash between student organisations affiliated with CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN (UML).

At least 12 students have been injured in the clash that occurred this morning after Nepal Student Union and All Nepal National Free Student Union (ANNFSU) attempted to open the a local college padlocked by Maoist-aligned All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R).

After the clash, ANNFSU and NSU have called for closure of the district headquarters Charikot. The injured students have been taken to Tsho Rolpa Hospital treatment.

The college was padlocked by ANNISU-R a month ago due to dispute with the college management over the recruitment of new teachers but other two organisations have been demanding opening of the college. nepalnews.com ia Aug 28 08