Over 40 visually-impaired persons arrested from protest rally

More than 40 visually-impaired persons were arrested and several others injured as police intervened into their protest rally, demanding employment, in Kathmandu on Monday.

Police intervened into the rally when it arrived at Bhadrakali, a restricted area. Participants of the rally said police used excessive force to disrupt the rally. They said police even mistreated some female participants.

The arrested persons have been kept at the Ward Police Office at Singha Durbar.

Two of them the protesters were seriously injured in police beating.

Over 100 demonstrators were arrested and several others were injured during Sunday's agitation.

The Visually-Impaired Persons’ group has been demanding that the government offer jobs to 500 visually-impaired persons at the earliest and provide a monthly 'unemployment allowance' of Rs 2,000 to others. nepalnews.com ia Mar 06 06

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