The clash took place after businessmen in Narayangadh exerted pressure to open markets. The Sabha has called a four-day banda starting today putting forth various demands including declaring Chitwan the provincial capital, implementing the past agreements signed with Tharus, among others. Chief at the District Police Office, Chitwan, Superintendent of Police Sahakul Bahadur Thapa, said that Police Inspector at the Ward Police Office, Narayangadh, Satya Narayan Thapa, received deep hand injury in the incident. Similarly, eight banda enforcers were injured in the clash, said Chairman of the Tharu Kalyankari Sabha in Chitwan Bishram Mahato. Injured police inspector Thapa is undergoing treatment at Chitwan Medical College. Thapa.
