Khotang campus clash leaves 2 students badly hurt

KHOTANG: At least two students were injured when students of ANNISU-R and ANNFSU clashed in Diktel Multiple Campus in Khotang district on Thursday.

ANNISU-R campus unit secretaries Rajesh Acharya and Amar Shrestha sustained critical injuries after ANNFSU activists attacked the duo.
The condition of Acharya is critical, said UCPN-M district secretary Prakash Chaulagain.
The police detained Mahesh Rai, an activist of ANNFSU on the charge of his involvement in the attack.
The clash ensued after students of ANNFSU staged a protest saying that ANNISU-R breached an agreement reached among the student bodies regarding a farewell programme to be organised to bid farewell to certificate level second year students and students of Bachelor's level third year in the near future.
Meanwhile, ANNFSU activists demanding the immediate release of Rai demonstrated in Diktel bazaar and staged a sit-in protest in front of the District Police Office and District Administration Office. The organisation has threatened to launch protest programmes if Rai is not released at the earliest.
Acting CDO, Sunil Niraula said, "Though representatives of UCPN-M, UML and police held an informal discussion to discuss the issue, it ended inconclusively."