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NEW DELHI: A TikTok video successful Nepal's Birgunj triggered spiritual tension, prompting the Parsa District Administration Office to widen an ongoing curfew.The prohibitory bid had been issued connected Monday, but some groups progressive successful the quality held simultaneous demonstrations successful defiance of it, starring authorities to enforce a afloat curfew to reconstruct order.The territory medication bureau (DAO) successful Parsa imposed a curfew successful Birgunj connected Monday from 6pm (January 5) to 8am (January 6). With tensions inactive precocious and the menace persisting, authorities person extended the curfew until 1pm connected Tuesday."The curfew bid issued yesterday, 2082.09.21 (2026.01.05) from 6:00pm to 8:00am connected 2082.09.22 (2026.01.06), successful presumption of the latest information situation, has been continued successful the pursuing 4 forts wrong the Birgunj Metropolitan City country of Parsa district, arsenic per Section 6 (a) of the Local Administration Act, 2028, from today, 2082.09.22 (2026.01.06), until 1:00 PM, prohibiting anyone from moving wrong those boundaries, holding immoderate benignant of gathering, procession, demonstration, meeting, meeting, oregon siege," the latest bid said.The medication designated Bus Park, Nagwa, Inarwa (East), Sirsia River (West), Gandak Chowk (North), and Shankaracharya Gate (South) arsenic the 4 pillars nether the curfew."During the curfew, information unit are allowed to sprout connected sight, truthful it is requested that you bash not measurement retired of your location but for indispensable purposes, and if you bash request to measurement out, coordinate with the nearest information unit oregon telephone 100," the bid warned.
Authorities added that question of indispensable work vehicles, ambulances, occurrence engines, wellness workers, media personnel, tourists, and vehicles of diplomatic missions would beryllium allowed.The unrest successful Birgunj, adjacent the Indian authorities of Bihar, erupted connected Sunday aft a quality betwixt 2 groups was triggered by a TikTok video originating from Dhanusha’s Kamala Municipality. Two youths, Haider Ansari and Amanat Ansari, had uploaded a video successful Janakpur, Dhanusha, which locals said wounded spiritual sentiments, starring to their handover to the police.Tensions escalated aft a mosque successful ward 6 of Kamala Municipality was vandalized. Demonstrators successful Birgunj protested by staging rallies, burning tyres, and chanting slogans. The unrest, initially confined to Dhanusha and Parsa, dispersed via TikTok, with some sides taking to the streets implicit spiritual and communal concerns.
