"Our border police opened fire into the air after the crowd attacked their base post," Ranamagar said. Earlier this month police in the same district fired blank rounds to disperse dozens of Indians trying to cross the border, Ranamagar said. Nepal shares a 1,850km open border with India, and communities commonly travel across it for work and to visit family. But Nepal closed its international borders on March 22 amid the pandemic, before imposing a nationwide lockdown two days later. Authorities have stepped up security at the border as the number of cases in the districts bordering India rise.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 17, 2020 11:48 UTC