People have started to defy the curfew orders in the capital on Friday, the second day of the day-time curfew imposed by the government to thwart the protest programme of the seven political parties.

People have been defying and the curfew orders and organizing demonstrations against the government in various parts of the capital.

According to reports, people are gathering and entering to the Ring Road area to defy the curfew orders and demonstrate against the government calling for early restoration of democracy bringing an end to royal rule.

Thousands of demonstrators also took out to the streets outside the Ring Road areas.

According to leaders of seven political parties, more people are coming to the streets to defy the curfew order imposed by the government.

Irate by the killing of three pro-democracy activists in Kalanki on Thursday, more people are coming to the street defying the curfew orders.

However, there was no report of violence till 12:30 p.m.

Three people were killed and over 200 injured during pro-democracy demonstration of Thursday.

Issuing separate notices, local administrations of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktpur imposed curfew orders from 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. on Friday to thwart the demonstration of seven political parties.

“Security forces could shoot violators or police could arrest them and jail them up to one month,” the notices said.

Pro-democracy activists defied similar curfew orders in the capital from April 8 to 11, during the general strike called by the seven political parties. nepalnews.com pb Apr 21 06