Nepali police clash with YCL in capital

NEPAL: Nepali police Wednesday night clashed with the youth league of the Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist), the Young Communist League (YCL) in Nepali capital Kathmandu.

Witness said the YCL cadres pelted stones on the policemen outside one office of YCL at Balaju in the northwest part of Kathmandu, and about 30 confronted policemen had shot around 12 rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowd.

The police said they went to Balaju YCL office with the order from Nepali Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula to clear the YCL Balaju office. Police officials on the spot told Xinhua that they suspected there might be weapons in the YCL Balaju office. The police officials have entered the office to talk with YCL leaders.

Some 100 Nepali policemen with guns and sticks who had once entered the YCL office came out of the office to join another over 200 surrounding the Balaju office.

Inside the YCL Balaju office, there are around 300 YCL members, while outside the office, CPN-M supporters and YCL cadres are chanting slogans against policemen. Chandra Bahadur Thapa, YCL in-charge of Kathmandu valley, told Xinhua by phone that when the police came, the YCL leaders of Kathmandu valley were holding meeting in Balaju office.

Kathmandu, Thursday, Xinhua