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| PM Modi Strongly Takes Up With Nepa |
| PM Modi Strongly Takes Up With Nepal the Killing of Indian in Firing: 10 Developments
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| INDIA
, 2-November-2015
9:34:24 AM |
| An Indian was killed on Monday when the Nepal police fired on protesters who were trying to block a border checkpoint. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took up the incident strongly with his Nepal counterpart KP Oli and urged him to investigate, sources said this evening.
1Some protesters and policemen were also injured in the clashes, which erupted at a checkpoint in Nepal's Birgunj town, around 90 km from Kathmandu.
2The man who died was believed to be from Raxaul in Bihar; he was caught in police firing near the Shankaracharya Gate, the main gateway to Nepal from India.
3New Delhi said it was deeply concerned. "Issues facing Nepal are political in nature and cannot be resolved by force. Causes underlying the present state of confrontation need to addressed by Nepal credibly and effectively," said the foreign ministry spokesperson.
4The Nepal police allegedly fired dozens of bullets and teargas to push back protesters who kept throwing stones at them.
5At around 3 am this morning, about 100 policemen chased out protesters who have blocked a key bridge crossing to protest against Nepal's new Constitution, cutting off vital supplies and forcing the landlocked Himalayan nation to ration fuel.
6The protesters are from Nepal's Madhesi ethnic minority, who say the internal borders laid out under a federal system in the new Constitution will leave them politically marginalised.
7More than 40 people have been killed in clashes since the Constitution was introduced in September after a deadly earthquake pushed warring political parties to reach an agreement.
8The fuel crisis has soured ties between Nepal and India, with authorities in Kathmandu accusing New Delhi of imposing an "unofficial blockade" to show its dissatisfaction with the new Constitution.
9After weeks of blaming India, Nepal recently signed a deal with China to import petroleum products.
10Nepal received 73.5 metric tonnes of petrol from China for the first time today;
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