Eight injured in bulldozer attack in Baitadi


५ कार्तिक २०७६, मंगलवार
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Baitadi, 22 Oct  :Eight people were injured, two of them seriously, when the bulldozer driver attacked them with the bucket of the vehicle in the course of a dispute regarding the construction of the road. Gaura Joshi and Suresh Prasad Joshi have sustained serious injuries in the attack.
The incident happened in Gwallek of Dasharath Chand Municipality-9 when a dispute broke out over the construction of a dust road. In a fit of rage, the bulldozer driver hit some people with the ‘bucket’ of the bulldozer. A video footage of the attack shows the driver attacking Gaura with the bulldozer bucket.
Those seriously injured were taken to the District Hospital Baitadi for treatment. Dilai Narayan Pandey, Deputy Superintendent of the District Police Office, said the district hospital called them to the Kohalpur Hospital in Banke after they could not be treated there.
Police said eight people all sustained injuries when two sides clashed over the construction road from Sunnakhan to Parsa. One group of people was favorable to allow construction of the road while the other group opposed it.
Hansaraj Joshi, a local, said the party was constructing the road forcibly operating on the bulldozer on their land even though they were trying to reach a compromise over the issue. According to him, the land on which one side tried to construct the road is a Guthi land (belonging to a religious trust). Joshi said since the plot was a Guthi land, they proposed to forge a consensus among all the locals before going ahead with the road construction but pushing the side to the construction.
Another local, Durga Datta Joshi, said there was a dispute regarding the construction of the road from Sunnakhan to Parsa but the situation took a nasty turn today. He said the other side tried forcibly to operate the bulldozer for the construction of their land on the road and they opposed the move. The clash between the two sides broke out after Gaura Joshi was shoved by the bulldozer bucket.
However, Keshab Datta Joshi, president of the Road Construction Committee, said the clash broke out after opposing the road construction suddenly started throwing rocks at the bulldozer.
Chief District Officer of Baitadi, Ananda Poudel, said the dispute would be settled through discussions with both sides.
Meanwhile, police have arrested Kishor Bohara, a bulldozer driver who shoved a local woman with the bucket of the bulldozer amidst over a dispute over a rural road. A video of the incident appeared in the social site, prompting the police to arrest Bohara, a resident of Dehimandau, Dasharath Chand Municipality-2.
Police said they have detained three more people in this connection. Police investigation is on in this regard, it is stated.
 
 

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