Killing of a Madhesi brings age-old question to the fore: when can the police fire a live bullet?

On Sunday afternoon, when residents of Ishwarpur in Sarlahi decided to gather on the East-West Highway to protest the death of a minor, Saroj Mahato was at the small restaurant he had started just last year. A day earlier, a 12-year-old boy had died after falling into a 30-foot sand pit in the Banke river, … Continue reading Killing of a Madhesi brings age-old question to the fore: when can the police fire a live bullet?