<p>Kathmandu: Nepal's government is investigating <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/2-killed-30-hurt-over-100-arrested-as-nepal-monarchists-clash-with-cops-army-deployed-in-parts-3467934">deadly violence</a> that occurred during a rally by the supporters of the former king seeking the restoration of constitutional monarchy, a minister said on Saturday.</p><p>Two people were killed on Friday and at least 112 injured, including 77 security officials, authorities said, after police used force to stop the stone-throwing crowd from marching towards the parliament building in the capital Kathmandu.</p><p>Protesters vandalised homes, shops, a hospital, a political party office, vehicles and a shopping mall and snatched a weapon from the police, the authorities in the Himalayan nation said.</p>.Nepal activists accuse Gyanendra of trying to reinstate monarchy with backing of fundamentalists in India.<p>“This is sheer vandalism, arson, looting and anarchy. It cannot be a protest,” cabinet spokesman Prithvi Subba Gurung, the minister of communication and information technology, told Reuters.</p><p>Rishiram Tiwari, Kathmandu's chief district officer, said 105 protesters including some pro-monarchy leaders were taken into custody.</p><p>Nepal's 239-year-old monarchy was abolished in 2008 by a specially elected assembly as part of a deal with Maoist former rebels, ending an insurgency that killed 17,000 people between 1996 and 2006.</p><p>The last king, 77-year-old Gyanendra, lives as a commoner with his family in a private house in Kathmandu.</p><p>Political instability has rocked Nepal, one of the world's poorest countries, with 14 governments since the abolition of the monarchy, hampering economic growth and discouraging investment.</p><p>Public frustration has risen over the failure of successive governments to deliver on commitments to develop the economy of the country, a natural buffer between Asian giants China and India.</p>
<p>Kathmandu: Nepal's government is investigating <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/2-killed-30-hurt-over-100-arrested-as-nepal-monarchists-clash-with-cops-army-deployed-in-parts-3467934">deadly violence</a> that occurred during a rally by the supporters of the former king seeking the restoration of constitutional monarchy, a minister said on Saturday.</p><p>Two people were killed on Friday and at least 112 injured, including 77 security officials, authorities said, after police used force to stop the stone-throwing crowd from marching towards the parliament building in the capital Kathmandu.</p><p>Protesters vandalised homes, shops, a hospital, a political party office, vehicles and a shopping mall and snatched a weapon from the police, the authorities in the Himalayan nation said.</p>.Nepal activists accuse Gyanendra of trying to reinstate monarchy with backing of fundamentalists in India.<p>“This is sheer vandalism, arson, looting and anarchy. It cannot be a protest,” cabinet spokesman Prithvi Subba Gurung, the minister of communication and information technology, told Reuters.</p><p>Rishiram Tiwari, Kathmandu's chief district officer, said 105 protesters including some pro-monarchy leaders were taken into custody.</p><p>Nepal's 239-year-old monarchy was abolished in 2008 by a specially elected assembly as part of a deal with Maoist former rebels, ending an insurgency that killed 17,000 people between 1996 and 2006.</p><p>The last king, 77-year-old Gyanendra, lives as a commoner with his family in a private house in Kathmandu.</p><p>Political instability has rocked Nepal, one of the world's poorest countries, with 14 governments since the abolition of the monarchy, hampering economic growth and discouraging investment.</p><p>Public frustration has risen over the failure of successive governments to deliver on commitments to develop the economy of the country, a natural buffer between Asian giants China and India.</p>