Curfew schedule revised in Bhimduttanagar

Bhimduttanagar : The time table of curfew clamped at Bhiumduttanagar in Kanchhanpur district following a clash between police and demonstrators few days ago has been revised. The curfew order is lifted from 6:00 pm to 10 pm tonight while it is lifted from 5:00 am to 12:00 noon tomorrow, according to the District Security Committee.
The meeting of the Committee held at the District Administration Office in Kanchanpur today decided to this effect, according to a member attending the meeting.
Situation is tensed following the demonstrations staged in various places across Bhimduttanagar Municipality demanding to bring the culprits of murderers of Niramala Panta to book.
Nirmala, 13, of Kholti in Bhimduttanagr Municipality-2 was found murdered in a sugarcane farm on July 26. She was killed after being raped.
The local authority had imposed a curfew order since Friday at 8:00 pm in some parts of Bhimduttanagar Municipality. The curfew was lifted for five hours on Sunday after the situation started gaining normal but the curfew order shall remain into effect expect for the certain times.
Meanwhile, a five-member investigation team led by Superintendent of Police Bikram Chand has made an on-site visit on Sunday.
Similarly, police have taken Panta’s friend Roshani Bom and her sister Babita Bom into custody for interrogations.
Situation in the municipality had grown worse from bad after police arrested a 41-year-old mentally challenged person, Dilip Singh Bista, of Bhimduttanagar Municipality-19. Locals accused that the police arrested the mentally challenged Bista to conceal the real culprits. RSS