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| Thousands yell “Down with monarchy” at Nepal protest | |
| 2006-04-19 | |
KATHMANDU - Thousands of people roaring ”Down with the monarchy” demonstrated Tuesday and state employees were arrested for the first time in a two-week wave of anti-royal protests shaking Nepal. The demonstration came as Karan Singh, India’s new special envoy to Nepal, warned unrest was “spinning out of control” on the eve of his departure for Kathmandu for talks with King Gyanendra and political party leaders.
Police briefly fired tear gas and blank rounds but were vastly outnumbered and fled, he said. The crowd attacked a construction site named after the king in the town 500 kilometres (300 miles) from Kathmandu. “This is the biggest demonstration I have ever seen in Nepalgunj,” Pandey said by telephone. In the capital Kathmandu, at least 25 government employees were arrested for demonstrating, police said. “Twenty-five workers from the Home Ministry were rounded up for protesting against the government,” said a police officer on condition of anonymity. Home ministry spokesman Gopendra Pandey confirmed the arrests, but said he did not know to which ministry they belonged. | |
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