Students urgent news from Kathmandu'Nepal. 20'April'2011

Army truck brings tension to Lalitpur

Tension ran high in Lalitpur on Tuesday after a student was run over by a truck belonging to the Nepal Army (NA) at Gwarko. The deceased has been identified as 22- year-old Ghanshyam Rai, student of Patan Multiple Campus. He originally hails from Sunsari but was residing at Imadol. Rai was riding a motorcycle
(Ba 25 Pa 8359) towards Satdobato when the NA truck hit him in front of Guna Cinema Hall. According to police, Rai was critically injured and was announced dead after being taken to Gwarko based B&B Hospital. His body is kept in the hospital. Following the accident, fellow students and family members of the victim
staged a demonstration in the area, demanding action against the guilty and compensation to his family. Transportation in the area halted for an hour due to the demo. Police said that the NA truck driver is on the lam run and deceased Rai’s motorcycle has been kept at the Metropolitan Police Sector-Satdobato.
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