Five security personnel were injured in a clash with protesters in Biratnagar on Tuesday. Province Police Office, Biratnagar said that three Nepal Police personnel and two Armed Police personnel were injured in the clash. The details of the injured police personnel have not been received yet. Police said that preparations are being made to take them to the hospital. It is not clear how many protesters were injured in the clash.

The clash broke out after the security personnel tried to contain the demonstration organized to protest the naming of Koshi Province in Biratnagar.

The situation became tense after the protesters pelted stones at the security personnel. Police lobbed 31 rounds of teargas canisters to take the situation under control. A source said that police also fired 15 rounds of bullets into the air. The protesters had staged a demonstration near Panchali of Biratnagar demanding that the government roll back its decision to name Province 1 as Koshi Province. Following the incident, a large number of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel have been deployed in the area. DSP Rajan Kumar Dahal, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Morang, said that the situation is under control. The provincial government on March 1 had named the province as Koshi. Padam Limbu Lajehang was critically injured when police baton-charged the people protesting against the naming of the province. He breathed his last during the course of treatment.