The elderly citizens were in protest with a demand of the implementation of a Supreme Court verdict that the elderly citizens should be provided fifty percent discount on public transport fare. [break]The verdict came two years ago.
Coordinator of the Elderly Citizens Rights Struggle Committee, Maha Prasad Parajuli, said the police also kicked the elderly with boots.
In the incident Sarala Panthi, Goma Parajuli, Nanu Kandel, Sita Shrestha, Nayandra Khada and Birendra Pokhrel were injured. All of them are over 60 years.
Coordinator Parajuli further said if the police continue suppression, the elderly citizens would commit self-immolation at the gate of the Transport Management Department.
Meanwhile, the elderly citizens from Morang district picketed the office of the Biratnagar Municipality, reasoning they were not provided allowance for long time.
Some 500 elderly citizens led by Binod Sharma also organized a rally before picketing the Municipality Office.
The rally passed through the local Janapath Tole, Mahendra Chowk, and Jaljalamod.
In the rally, they chanted slogans demanding the corruption control and increase of the allowance to elderly citizens.
Finally, Officer at the Municipality Office, Binod Koirala assured that they would be provided the allowance within a week.
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