Two persons were injured in a clash between two groups over organising the Dashain fete in Dharan, Sunsari on Tuesday. DSP SumanTilimsena of Area Police Office said that police fired five founds of warning shots into the air to control the mob. He said that police fired warning shots after the youths who were against the fair started to pelt stones and resorted to baton charge. The fete kicked off on Sunday after Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City gave approval to the youths of Chatraline, Dharan-12 to organise the fete. But another group was against the decision to organise the fete. Police had faced difficulties to control the clash that erupted after the youths who were against the fair vandalisedthe entrance gate installed by the organising group. DSP Timilsena said that Sachham Shrestha and Baljit Tamang were injured in the clash. The injured were from either side of the groups. Both of them are undergoing treatment at Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences. Doctors involved in their treatment said that they are out of danger. The youths of Chatralineof Dharan-12 had taken approval from Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City to organise the fete from October 22 to November 14. As many as 50 cadres of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal, Janamukti Party, Mongol National Organisation, Sanghiya Lumbuwan Manch, Dharan Ekata Samaj and Kirat Khumbuwan Sajha Party, among others,vandalised the entrance gate as part of their protest programme. They also staged a demonstration outside Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City to shut down the fair after the clash. Cadres of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) were in favour of organising the fete on the premises of Public Higher Secondary School while the cadres of Nepali Congress (NC) were against the fair. The cadres of NC under the command of Municipal President Tilak Rai had also organised a press conference warning that they would disrupt the fete. The supporters of former NC Municipal President Kishor Rai, however, were in favour of organising the fete. The youths of Chatralineof Dharan-12, who were against organising the fair in previous years, had decided to organise the fete this year to replace the 16-year-old ambulances from the money collected from the fair. विभिन्न दल र सुरक्षा निकायको असहमति हुँदाहुँदै धरान नगर कार्यपालिकाले स्वीकृति दिएको रमाइलो मेलाको बिषयले मंगलबार धरान तनावग्रस्त बन्यो। विकृति, विसंगति बढाउने भन्दै मेलाको विरोध गरिरहेको विभिन्न दल एवं ती दल सम्बद्ध युवाहरुले विरोध प्रर्दशनसँगै प्रवेश गेट तोडफोड गर्न थालेपछि प्रहरीसँगको झडपमा २ जना घाइते भएका हुन्। भिड उग्र भएर पब्लिक हाइस्कुलको मैदानभित्र सञ्चालनमा रहेको मेला तोडफोड गर्न जाने क्रममा प्रहरीले अश्रु ग्याँस प्रहार गरेको थियो। इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालयका डिएसपी सुमन तिम्सिनाका अनुसार ५ राउण्ड अश्रु ग्याँस प्रहार भएको थियो। ‘भिडलाई तितरबितर पार्न ५ राउण्ड प्रहार गर्नुपर्यो, स्थिति सामान्य भइसकेको छ,’डिएसपी तिम्सिनाले भने। झडप लगत्तै जिल्ला सुरक्षा समिति प्रमुख एवं प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी प्रेमप्रकाश उप्रेतीले मेला बन्द गर्न निर्देशन दिएका छन्। मेलाले धरान अशान्त बनाएपछि गृहमन्त्रालयबाट नै निर्देशन आएपछि उनले पनि बन्द गर्न निर्देशन दिएका हुन् । ‘मन्त्रालयबाटै पनि मेला बन्द गर्न निर्देशन आएको छ, त्यसैले बन्द गर्न प्रहरीलाई निर्देशन दिइसकेको छुँ,’प्रजिअ उप्रेतीले भने,‘हामीले सुरक्षा प्रबन्ध गर्न सकिदैन भन्दा भन्दै पनि स्थानीय सरकारको अधिकार भन्दै लगाइयो, अब मेला लाग्दैन।’ हतियारसहित मेला पक्षका युवाहरु भएको भन्ने सूचनाको आधारमा अनुसन्धान, खोजतलास पनि भइरहेको उनले बताए। नगर कार्यपालिकाले गठन गरेको मेला अनुगमन समितिका संयोजक एवं वडा १५ का अध्यक्ष नरेश इवारमले मेला र घटनाको बिषयमा सल्लाह गरेर निर्णय गरिने बताए। दिउँसो प्रहरीले विरोधी पक्षका युवाहरुलाई मैदानभित्र प्रवेश गर्न रोकेको थियो। मैदानमा मेला पक्षधर युवाहरु पनि तयारी अवस्थामा थिए। यद्यपी, मेला पक्षका युवाहरुले छुरा प्रहार गर्दा विरोधीका एक युवा सामान्य घाइते भएका छन् । छुरा प्रहारबाट मेला विरोधी पक्षका समक्ष श्रेष्ठ घाइते छन् भने टाउकोमा ढुंगा लागेर मेला पक्षका कालुराज लिम्बु घाइते छन्। दुवैको बीपी कोइराला स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान प्रतिष्ठानमा उपचार भइरहेको छ।