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A lot has healed but scars remain

Tikapur was a ghostly town when I last visited 27 months ago. I had arrived two days after eight police officers, including a senior superintendent of police (SSP), were killed by an angry mob of mostly-Tharu protesters, and a day after members of the Pahadi population retaliated by setting fire to properties they believed to belong to the Tharus. A lot has healed but scars remain
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Akhilesh Upadhyay
Published at : December 4, 2017
Updated at : December 5, 2017 22:21
Tikapur, Kailali


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