Three Nepali customs officials at Bharirawa have been suspended and departmental action has been initiated against them for physically assaulting an Indian colleague, RSS said quoting Bhairawa Customs Chief.

“All three employees manhandling the Indian have been suspended and departmental action initiated against them,” RSS said quoting Chief Customs Officer Dhana Prasad Panta.

The Belhiya-Sunauli area has been tense since Sunday/Monday following a dispute between Indian and Nepali customs officials over the checking of a passenger bus carrying Nepali pilgrims home from a pilgrimage to India.

Indian customs officials have prevented the movement of vehicles and goods across the border following the dispute. The dispute started after a passenger bus with pilgrims entered Nepal

without checking in at the customs in Sunauli in India while returning from Gaya.