Three-member team to resolve Nepal agitation

Curfews were in force in Janakpur, Birgunj, Inaruwa and Biratnagar, officials said.

Maoist chief Prachanda on Thursday expressed sympathy for the protesters at a press conference. “We express our solidarity with the genuine demands of the Madhesi people who are organising the protests, but some royalist and international forces have intervened in the Madhesi protests and given rise to the communal violence,” he said.