Biratnagar has been tense owing to the continuous demonstrations staged by pro-identity groups calling for scrapping 'Koshi' as the name for Province 1.
The agitators gathered at Rodsheshchowk in Biratnagar and pelted stones and bricks targeting security personnel after they were intercepted by them.
A police official sustained injuries in the clash with the demonstrators.
Meanwhile, security personnel have fired five rounds of teargas shells and used a water cannon to quell the demonstration.
Pro-identity groups comprising Kirat Yaktung Chumlung, Kirat Yayokkha Rai, Kirat Dharma Tatha Sahitya Utthan Sangh, Sherpa Association of Nepal and Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) took to the streets in Biratnagar today, demanding the scrapping Koshi as the name for Province 1.
The agitation has been more aggressive after Padam Limbu alias Lajehang, the Central Deputy Commander of Limbuwan Volunteers, who sustained injured in demonstration on March 19 died on March 24.
A provincial assembly meeting of Province 1 adopted 'Koshi' as its official name for the province on March 1. In the 93-member province assembly, 82 lawmakers voted for the motion, four aginst while the remaining lawmakers abstained from voting.
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