Over two dozen people were injured in a clash between local people over a dispute at Narsingh-4 in Sunsari district. Some of them are reported to be in serious condition. The clash flared up following an intervention of local people when a group of people tried to use local land for crematorium, police said. “Stones were hurled at a meeting called at a local tea shop to settle the issue of using the land for crematorium, leading to the fight,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Dal Bahadur Shrestha. Scores of local people marched in the streets in protest following the incident. However, the situation has come under control after security personnel from the Nepal police and Armed Police Force reached the incident site and intervened, DSP Shrestha said, adding that police were also providing security to locals. The injured were being treated at various health institutions like Biratnagar-based Neuro Hospital, BP Koirala Institute of Sciences in Dharan, Sunsari District Hospital and local health posts, according to a local. Chief District Officer Gopal Prasad Parajuli said both the fighting sides were called for a dialogue to settle the issue. Meanwhile, State Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Sita Ram Mehata requested the kin and relatives of those injured to keep restraints and urged all not to make the incident an issue of race and religion. सुनसरी खोलाले छाडेको नरसिंह-४ को करिब दुई कठ्ठा सार्वजनिक जमिनमा घाट बनाउने र बनाउन नदिने समूहबीच शनिबार बिहान झडप भएको छ । झडपमा स्थानीय १२ जना घाइते भएका छन् । दुवै पक्षलाई जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयले बोलाएर सार्वजनिक जग्गा कब्जा नगर्न सम्झाएको छ । बविया र नरसिंह जोड्ने सुनसरी खोलाको पुलपारि सार्वजनिक जग्गामा एक समूहले पिलर गाडेर कब्जा गर्न खोजेपछि अर्को समूहले उखेलेर फालिदिएको थियो । सोही बेला दुवै पक्षबीच हात हालाहाल भएको थियो । जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयका अनुसार विवादित जग्गाका विषयमा स्थानीय प्रशासनको रोहवरमा बसेर दुई पक्षबीच छलफल भइरहँदा गाउँलेहरुबीच आरोप-प्रत्यारोप चलिरहेकै बेला सामान्य झडप भएको हो । झडपमा परी इसाद अन्सारी, रसिद अन्सारी, कलिम अन्सारी, सञ्जय यादव, बेचन यादव, रसिद मियाँ, अरुन मियाँ, सुभान मियाँ, सहिद मियाँ, जर्मुद्दिन मन्सुरी, रहिस मियाँ, आलम मियाँ, भोला मियाँ, धीरेन्द्र यादव, दिपेश यादव, जोहोरा खातुन, रोजी खातुन लगायत घाइते भएका छन् । शनिबार दिनभरि घटनास्थल वरपर ठूलो संख्यामा नेपाल प्रहरी, सशस्त्र प्रहरी बल र दंगा नियन्त्रण प्रहरी परिचालन गरिएको छ । सम्भावित मुठभेडलाई रोक्न सुरक्षाकर्मी पुलवारि पारि गर्न र बोटोमा समूह बनाएर हिँड्न दिएको छैन । दुईपक्षीय झडपको क्रममा घाइते भएकाहरुको उपचार इनरुवा, धरान र विराटनगरका अस्पतालहरुमा उपचार भइरहेको छ ।