KALAIYA, May 5: The Rastriya Madhesh Socialist Party (RMSP) has closed Kalaiya bazaar on Sunday to protest police´s manhandling of central member of the party and former lawmaker, Pramod Gupta.
A dispute took place between the police team and Gupta, who was with party cadres, near Balmandir at 8:00 pm on Saturday while Gupta was about to board a bus towards Kathmandu.[break]
Police lathicharged on Gupta in course of dispute. Party cadres have obstructed transport services from morning. They have staged a sit-in at Bharat Chowk of Kalaiya.