A dispute along with beating between ward chair Rameshwar Prasad Keshari and ward member Laxmi Shah of Kalaiya sub-metropolis-12 has been reported in the street of Dharmanagar Street on the morning of December 17.

Ward office had decided to allocate Rs 50,000 for the maintenance of the road however ward member Laxmi accused ward chair of doing financial irregularities in the maintenance of road. Laxmi accused him of allocating Rs 4,15,000 for the maintenance.

The dispute raised after the ward chair used abusive language during the estimation of road cost. The ward member laxmi has demanded for the investigation of the financial irregularities.

Mayor Rajesh Ray of Kalaiya sub-metropolis however denied of having any information regarding the incident and committed to solve the issue with the investigation.

Bhola Nath Paudel