Satish Aditya
Raxaul (East Champaran) : East Champaran District Administration has lodged strong protest with Nepal authorities against the burial of two Nepal citizens, who died due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), near No Man’s Land at Birgunj town in South Nepal bordering Raxaul town in Bihar on June 13, 2020. Tension prevails in Raxaul (East Champaran, Bihar) and Birgunj in Nepal on Indo-Nepal border over this issue.
SDM, Raxaul, Arati, with security forces had lodged protest with Nepal authorities over burial of two bodies near bank of Sarisawa river, Raxaul, but the latter ignored them.
DM, East Champaran, Shirshat Kapil Ashok, has taken serious note of the incident and on June 16, 2020, asked the SDM, Raxaul, to submit a detail report on this incident within 24 hours. SDM, Raxaul, Arati, has constituted a committee comprising BDO, CO, and SHO, Raxaul police station, to hold a spot inquiry into the matter to find out where the bodies were were disposed off and where PPE kits were burnt by the Nepal Government personnel.