Curfew continues in Letang, all-party meeting called
BIRATNAGAR: MARCH. 22 – Curfew continues in Morang’s Letang Municipality even today. The Morang District Administration Office has imposed a curfew to control the incident that resulted in the death of one female police officer.
On Sunday evening, a female police officer was killed in an attack by a local over the sexual abuse of a student by a teacher at Sikshya Higher Secondary in Letang Municipality Ward No. 5. After police constable Urmila Shrestha was stabbed to death by a local, a curfew was imposed to keep the situation under control.
A brawl broke out between the police and the locals following an incident in which a teacher from the same school sexually abused a 13-year-old girl in Class 7. A curfew has been imposed in the area.
The curfew that started at 7 am on Monday has not been lifted yet. Chief District Officer of Morang, Kashiraj Dahal, said that the curfew could be lifted as the situation was returning to normal.
The curfew could be lifted after today’s all-party meeting, according to Janardan GC, Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, Morang.
This afternoon, an all-party meeting has been called in Letang. Following the all-party meeting, efforts will be made to normalize the situation.
The curfew has been imposed on all areas of Ward No. 5, Gangepur and Kamalpur areas of Ward Nos. 3 and 4, Ward Office Area of Ward No. 6, Morange Khola in the east and Chisang Khola in the west.
