Mass demonstrations were held in Chitwan and Sunsari districts on Friday, on the ninth day of the general strike called by the seven party alliance (SPA).

In Chitwan, over 100,000 people participated in the funeral procession of late Tulsi Chhetri, a resident of Bharatpur-11. Tulsi was killed by a bullet of the security personnel last Sunday.

The number of people in her funeral procession was much larger than that in the rally for democracy.

Tulsi’s was lying at the College of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital since last Sunday.

The funeral procession that started from Malpot Chowk went around Paras Bus Park, Hakim Chowk, Chaubis Kothi, Sahid Chowk and Pul Chowk before reaching Devghat.

Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police, Parshu Ram Khatri said the DAO has provided Rs 100,000 as relief to Tulsi’s family. He added that the District Police Office (Chitwan) and its entire staff decided to provide a day’s amount of their salary to Tulsi’s family. There are around 500 policemen in the district.

In Sunsari, over 15,000 people took to the street on Friday, protesting the government suppression over peaceful demonstrations.

Cadres of SPA, civil society activists, workers, professionals among others assembled in a rally claiming the security personnel fired at a peaceful rally on Thursday.

Thousands of demonstrators also took to the streets protesting the Ithari incident in various places of Sunsari district including Tarahara, Jhumka, Khanar and Sonapur areas.

Over 50 demonstrators were injured when security personnel opened fire at demonstrators who were returning home after a demonstration, according to reports. nepalnews.com pb Apr 15 06