Kailali and Kanchanpur districts of Far-West remained shut on Friday due to the protest against the death of a Nepali man in alleged firing by India’s Seema Sashastra Bal (SSB) at Punarbas Municipality-8, Kanchanpur on Thursday. Gobinda Gautam of Punarbas Municipality-8, who sustained bullet in a firing by SSB, was declared dead at CP Hospital, Dhangadi. Normal life in the bordering districts was affected as vehicles stayed off the road and markets remained closed after tension escalated owing to the demonstrations. Protesters have vandalised a barricade in Kailali customs office at Nepal-India border. Around five hundred protesters, mostly the cadres of CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN-Maoist led by Netra Bikram Chand, have been staging demonstration at the border area. Deke Bazaar area became tense after police used force to stop the protesters from marching across Mohana River. Demonstrators have been protesting from early morning at IBRD of Punarbas, Tribhuvanbasti, Belauri, and Khajuriya, among other bordering areas. The protesters have also torched some shops owned by Indian businessmen. भारतीय सीमा सुरक्षा बलको ज्यादतीविरुद्व नेकपा माओवादी केन्द्रले प्रदेश ७ बन्द गरेको छ । भारतीय सुरक्षाकर्मीको गोलीबाट बिहीबार कञ्चनपुरमा नेपाली नागरिक गोविन्द गौतम मारिएको विरोधमा शुक्रबार बिहानैदेखि प्रदेश सात बन्द गराएको हो । अहिले माओवादीले प्रदर्शन जारी गरेको छ । प्रदेश सात का इन्चार्ज लेखराज भट्टले विज्ञप्ति जारी गर्दै बन्दको आह्वान गरेका थिए । गौतमको हत्या भएपछि कैलाली, कञ्चनपुरमा शुक्रबार पनि तनाव छ । पुनरवासमा भारतीय व्यापारीयको लगानीमा रहेको क्षे १ च ९६११ ट्याक्टर नेपालीले आगजानी गरेका छन् । माओवादीले गौतम आफ्नो कार्यकर्ता भएको विज्ञप्तिमा जनाएको छ । गौतमलाई सहिद घोषणा गर्नुपर्ने, परिवारलाई उचित क्षतिपूर्ति दिनुपर्ने लगायतका माग गरेको छ । माओवादी केन्द्र कैलाली संयोजक बिरबहादुर थापा(पातल)ले विज्ञप्ति जारी गरी बन्द सफल पार्नसमेत आह्वान गरेका छन् ।