At least nine loan shark victims were injured in a clash with police at Shantibatika on Monday. They are receiving treatment at the Trauma Center. Information Officer at the Trauma Center Arjun Prasad Bhetuwal said that they are undergoing treatment at the Emergency Ward of Trauma Center.

According to him, most of the injured have sustained injuries on their head and various parts of the body.

The injured have been identified as Kul Bahadur Thapa, Akbar Miya of Nawalparasi, Lok Narayan Subedi of Ilam, Krishna Nanda Mahato of Sarlahi, Pradeep Nepal of Okhaldhunga, Til Ram Chaudhary of Nawalparasi, Sitaram Tamang of Balaju, Yam Kumari Tadel of Rukum and Devi Devisa. It has been learnt that police have taken 25 loan shark victims under control. Some police personnel were also injured in the clash. The clash broke out after the loan shark victims, who had been staging a sit-in inside Shantibatika, tried to head towards Bhadrakali this afternoon. Police baton charged the loan shark victims and also lobbed tear gas shells to take the situation under control.