ANNFSU shuts schools in Arghakhanchi

Sandhikharka - The CPN-UML student wing ANNFSU on Friday shut all schools in Arghakhanchi district to protest the attack on its cadres by Maoist students.

The All Nepal National Free Student Union called the closure against the thrashing of its cadre Shankar Poudel by the cadres of All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) while he was returning home from Surya Secondary School in Gokhunga on Thursday.

Police have detained Prakash Khanal, Bed Bahadur Hanjali and Lal Bahadur Khanal on suspicion of involvement in the attack.

The injured Poudel is being treated in Sandhikharka, the district headquarters.