Businessmen in Birgunj take to street demanding security

Business community in the southern border town of Birgunj organised street protest on Sunday demanding security in the wake of growing cases of abduction and extortion.

Hundreds of local businessmen participated in the protest rally, chanting slogans and blocking the roads around Ghantaghar area.

They complained that the local administration failed to check growing crime, especially the extortion and abduction of businessmen in the town, despite their repeated calls.

Members of the Birgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industries said they were forced to take to the streets after the local administration didn't pay attention to their demand for quick action against a group of people that had attacked Deepak Agrawal, a local entrepreneur, last week.

The business community in a memo submitted at the district administration office had given 48-hour ultimatum to arrest and initiate legal action against the attackers. nepalnews.com mk Mar 09 08

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