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Bhairahawa, October 7. Tension has gripped Belahiya customs point, Rupandehi district, after police clashed with cadres of the United Democratic Madheshi Front. An unidentified person sustained serious injuries during the clash. The person was lying close to the no-man’s land along the Nepal-India border.

The fighting had ensued after police tried to chase UDMF protesters determined to stage a sit-in at the customs point. After demonstrators pelted stones, Nepali security personnel withdrew for a while. The demonstrators fled to bordering Indian territories after police advanced. Local people had also helped drive away the demonstrators.

Sadbhavana Party Chief Rajendra Mahato is leading the protest in Bhairahawa. Mahato took command of the protest in the border town after Tarai Madhesh Democratic Party Chief Mahantha Thakur’s leadership proved ‘ineffective’.

Mahato replaced Thakur upon finding unobstructed flow of goods from India to Nepal through the border point. He had reached Bhairahawa yesterday. He has been mobilising cadres by staying in the bordering Indian town of Sunauli.