With lawyers 100 arrested from professionals protest rally

Kathmandu, Sept 19-More than 100 professionals were arrested from a protest rally organised in support of the pro-democracy movement of seven political parties in Kathmandu Monday.
Hundreds of professionals including lawyers and professors carried out a rally from Dilli Bazaar, violating the government’s prohibitory orders. Police intervened into the rally when it arrived at Putali Sadak Chowk, rounding up over 100 protesters.
Members of Nepal University Teachers Association (NUTA), Nepal Bar Association (NBA), Nepal Teachers Union (NTU) and a few other leading professional organizations participated in the program. Leaders of political parties had also joined in the rally.

Unlike in previous days, police today didn’t use teargas shells and water canons to disperse the protesters
Mainwhile A meeting of eminent personalities, rights activists and professionals in Kathmandu on Monday has constituted a 22-member 'Ceasefire Civil Monitoring Committee' under the chairmanship of president of Nepal Bar Association Shambhu Thapa.
Members of the committee include former Justices at the Supreme Court Laxman Aryal and Krishna Jung Rayamajhi, former minister Nilamber Acharya, former Speaker Daman Nath Dhungana, president of Federation of Nepalese Journalist Bishnu Nisthuri, president of Nepal University Teachers Association prof. Bhupati Dhakal 'Kamal,' president of Nepal Medical Association Dr. Sudha Sharma, chairman of INSEC Subodh Pyakurel, president of Human Rights Organisation of Nepal Charan Prasai, prof. Birendra Mishra, Dr. Om Gurung, Sindhu Nath Pyakurel, Padma Lal Biswokarma, Harihar Birahi, Taranath Dahal and Shiva Gaule.
General Secretary of Nepal Bar Association, Madhav Baskota, has been designated member-secretary of the monitoring committee.
Talking to reporters, Baskota said the committee will start its work immediately. He said similar monitoring committees could be constituted at the district level also.