Locals of Musahar settlement in Dhanusha and police clash over timber logging

Policemen came to the settlement on Sunday and started harassing villagers for collecting timber from the riverbanks, claim locals.

On Sunday night, a clash ensued between the police and the locals of Shantipur Dharatol, a Musahar settlement in Bateshwor Rural Municipality Ward No. 5, Dhanusha, over the issue of timber logging. Five security personnel were injured in the clash.