RAUTAHAT: An irate mob on Tuesday late afternoon targeted a police post at Mathiya VDC after a local youth was fatally shot at during a violent demonstration in the district headquarters, Gaur, in the afternoon.
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The mob tried to set the police facility of fire at round 5 pm, according to Superintendent of Police Pradyumna Karki.
Raj Kishor Thakur of Mathiya was critically critically injured and breathed his last on the way to hospital earlier today.
Security personnel had opened fire to disperse the cadres and supporters of the parties affiliated with United Democratic Madhesi Front that are staging violent demonstration demanding an autonomous Madhesh province.
Thakur’s body has been kept at the District Hospital in Gaur for autopsy, police said.
Several areas in the district have already been declared riot-hit since yesterday evening.
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