The government has announced Rs1 million in compensation to each family of those killed during a protest at Balkumari, Lalitpur on Friday.

A Cabinet meeting on Saturday decided to pay the amount each to the families of the two youths—Sujan Raut, 23, and Birendra Shah of around the same age—who died during a clash between the protesters and police on Friday, said Minister for Communication and Information Technology and government spokesperson Rekha Sharma.

The meeting has also decided to bear the medical expenses of those injured in the incident. An independent probe will be conducted into the incident and efforts to prevent such incidents in the future will be made, Sharma added.

“The incident took place due to some lapses. So, the deputy superintendent of police who ordered police personnel to open fire at the protesters, the minister’s personal security office, and the under secretary, along with other officials involved in the decision making process during the incident have been suspended until the investigation has been brought to a conclusion,” Sharma said.

On Friday, Korean language test candidates torched the car of Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Prakash Jwala on the road.

The protest started after those who had earlier failed the language proficiency test for shipbuilding jobs took to the streets demanding they be allowed to appear in a separate language test for the manufacturing sector.

Following the twin deaths, the Home Ministry formed a three-member probe committee headed by Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Lalmani Acharya, from Kathmandu Valley Police Office, with Amar Deep Sunuwar, assistant chief district officer of Lalitpur, and Basu Sigdel, deputy investigation director at the National Investigation Department as the other members.