Despite police resorting to force to quell their demonstration programme, former Kamaiyas have continued to press on with their movement to secure their legitimate rights for the second day Thursday.

The former Kamaiyas or bonded labourers, who marked the completion of the 7th year of their liberation yesterday from age-old misery and bondage through a government decree, staged sit-in demonstrations and chanted slogans for the fulfillment of their demands in Maithghar today.

Police intervened when the former Kamaiyas tried to proceed towards the ‘prohibitory zone’ in front of the main-gate of Singha Durbar, the seat of the government, where they intended to organise a sit-in demonstrations for their proper rehabilitation and jobs to earn their livelihood.

In the course of stopping the protestors from marching forwards, the police resorted to baton charge and firing water canons, injuring many in the process, three seriously.

Our reporter covering the protest programme said that injured protestors are undergoing treatment at the police hospital.

The police also arrested over a dozens protestors for breaking the ‘prohibitory orders’ in Singha Durbar that bars anyone from staging demonstrations or protest programmes in the area.

During similar protests yesterday, the police had arrested some 150 sit-in demonstrators.