Youth gangster go awry after drinking in Dolakha, 20 detained

DOLAKHA: Police here have taken under control 20 youths on the charge of vandalism after alcohol abuse. A brawl had also taken place between them.

It is said a brawl broke out between two groups of youths and they also vandalised a hotel in Dolakha Bazaar. The incident took place at 2 a.m. on Tuesday in which two youths were injured. Among the injured the condition of Suresh Gautam of Bhimeshwar Municipality-10 is serious. He has been taken to Kathmandu for further treatment. He suffers serious injuries in his head.

The local Bhimeshwar Hotel was vandalised by the youths in course of the clash that took place between two groups of drunk youths at the time when the Bhairav Kumari festival was underway in the Dolakha Bazaar.

Meanwhile, Tara Bahadur Sunuwar, a worker at the Khanekhola Hydropower Project at Marbu VDC, died when he was hit by a falling rock in course of work. Sunuwar of Okhaldhunga Khijichandeshwari-5 died on the way to hospital, police said.

Police arrest five persons staging chakkaja

Meanwhile in Saptari, police have arrested five people, who organised a chakkajam or transport halt at Rupani along the East-West Highway saying the police administration did not show any interest for searching for senior Assistant Health Worker Chhedilal Saha.

Saha has gone missing for the past one month. Police intervened in the chakkajam and arrested five people including Mithila State Committee Coordinator of the Young Communist League (YCL), Arun Saha.

The arrestees have been brought to the District Police Office, Rajbiraj. Transport services have been disrupted along the highway from the morning due to the chakkajam. Saha of Khosar Prabaha VDC has gone missing from July 9.