Kathmandu: Indian police earlier this week entering Nepali territory and raiding a house on the pretext of searching for criminals has enraged local political parties, government officials and people, media reports say.
A team of armed police personnel from India Wednesday raided a house at Gulariya-8, in Bardiya district in south-western Nepal, near the border, Xinhua reported.
The police team from India’s Uttar Pradesh state raided the house of local resident Manjur Prasad Shrestha, saying that they were searching for criminals.
Nepal Police spokesperson Navaraj Silwal said Indian police raiding a house on Nepali territory without prior intimation was against international law.
Political parties have termed the incident a blatant attack by India on Nepal’s sovereignty.
They said this was not the first case of its kind.
India and Nepal share a 1,868-km open border but Indian police frequently enter Nepali territory on the pretext of controlling criminal activities without informing Nepali police and government agencies before hand.
“We demand a public apology from the Indian government and commitment not to repeat such an act,” the opposition Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) said in a press statement. (IANS)
