Situation at Thimi child correction centre normalised, security deployed increased

Kathmandu. The situation at the juvenile correction centre in Sanothimi has returned to normal but police have been deployed for security.

{{TAG_OPEN_p_5} The situation in the correctional home had become tense after a clash broke out between two groups at the correction home on Thursday night. A team led by the chief of the Thimi Police Circle was deployed to control the clash, but stones were also hurled at the police, police said.

There was also arson and vandalism during the clashes.TAG_OPEN_p_4 Fire engines were mobilized from Bhaktapur and Kathmandu in the midnight to douse the fire.

At present, there are 169 people, including 145 males and 24 females, living in the correction home.TAG_OPEN_p_3