Altogether 32 local protestors were injured in a clash with security personnel in Janakpur, Dhanusha district on Tuesday. The clash ensued after thousands of locals and cadres of the agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) started staging demonstrations in the prohibited areas of Janakpur. Police baton-charged the demonstrators to disperse them from the prohibitory areas. “Security personnel trapped the demonstrators from both sides and thrashed them badly,” said Shesh Narayan Yadav, coordinator of the protest steering committee for Dhanusha. All 32 injured agitators including local leaders of UDMF have been admitted to Janakpur Zonal Hospital for treatment. According to doctors, most of them sustained serious injuries to the head and legs. The District Administration Office (DAO) has issued prohibitory orders in areas where district-level government offices are located, for an indefinite period from 1 pm, Tuesday. Meanwhile, police also baton-charged commuters and locals, entering into their houses, according to the locals themselves. According to one of them, Munna Mestar, police beat him up when he was in his hut on the premises of Gopal Dharmashala. He sustained head injuries and is receiving treatment at Janakpur Zonal Hospital. Demonstrators vandalize District Education Office -------------------------------------------- Demonstrators on Tuesday vandalized the district education office in Jaleshwar, district headquarters of Mahottari, which has remained tense due to violent protests for the last week. A team of security personnel reached the education office soon after agitating demonstrators set it on fire. Although they doused the fire, the agitators had already smashed the doors and windows and caused other damage, according to DEO staff. Dhoti rallies staged in Siraha ------------------------------- Demanding an identity-based federal province, hundreds of locals and agitating cadres of the UDMF staged dhoti rallies in Lahan, Siraha on Tuesday. “We are demanding our rights with self-respect and cultural identity,” said Satya Narayan Yadav, advisor of Gopal Sewa Samiti. The Samiti is an organization of Yadavs. Over 100 Samiti members in dhoti and kurta demonstrated in Lahan.