Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Arrested students to face Public Offence Act trial

Kathmandu, Oct 11 - Authorities in Pokhara are preparing to charge three students under Public Offence Act who were arrested for burning an effigy of regression last Friday.

Students of Prithvi Narayan Campus had burnt the effigy of what they called the "royal regime" during protest demonstrations at Shrijana Chowk coinciding with the King's arrival. The programme was organized by the Nepal Students' Union (NSU) of the campus.

The arrested students include NSU college president Kamla Mani Dhakal and members Bhanubhakta Dhakal and Mohan Pandit.

Kamalmani was arrested while he was returning home from the NSU office in Chipledhunga after participating in the protest the same day.

Bhanubhakta and Mohan were held in custody after they reached the police station on Saturday. Police had called the two at the office mentioning that Kamalmani wanted to meet them.

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