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Nepalgunj, Nepal: The Nepalgunj sub-metropolitan cit has remained tense after the pro-monarch cadres clashed with police after the latter removed the monument of late King Birendra Shah from Dhamboji Chowk.
After brief clash on Friday, heavy securities have been mobilized in and around the Dhamboji Chowk.
The tense situation was erupted from Thursday morning after a group of pro royalist youth had reinstated the monument of late King Birendra, which was pulled down during the Janaandolan 2006. The student wing affiliated to the CPN Maoist had removed the monument of late King during the protest.
Police removed the monument on Thursday night after local leaders from the different political parties had exerted pressure to the local administration to remove the reestablished statue of late King Birendra.
Following the incident, pro-royal youth including the cadres of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party- Nepal (RPPN) have been staging protest in the area.
The statue of late King Birendra was reestablished matching to the ten years of its in 2006.
