Cadres of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) staged demonstrations in Rajbiraj on Tuesday after police personnel allegedly assaulted the party’s district president Kedar Yadav.

Tensions ran high in the Saptari district headquarters after Yadav, who had reached the police station to hold talks, sustained injuries to his head following a physical altercation with a police inspector.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Naresh Kumar Singh, the spokesperson at the District Police Office informed that Yadav had reached the police office to hold discussions on a matter regarding the Mahadeva Rural Municipality.

Singh said that Yadav and Police Inspector Nabin Thapa Magar got into an argument which escalated and the latter assaulted the JSP leader.

Protestors burned tyres and staged demonstrations outside the Saptari District Police Office.

Chief District Officer Bhupendra Thapa said that he had received a report that a police inspector had physically assaulted Yadav adding that an investigation into the matter is underway and action will be taken against the guilty.