Kathmandu, July 11 -- Police on Saturday evening detained three youths, including activists Majid Ansari and Sarishma Thapa, from a Kritipur-based holding centre following a dispute over the management of evicted squatter settlers.

According to officials, the trio was apprehended at around 5:45 pm by a team from the Police Circle, Kirtipur, for allegedly obstructing police personnel from carrying out a rescue operation of the evicted settlers.

"A group of activists started a dispute inside the centre, disrupting our rescue efforts," Deputy Superintendent of Police Shiva Kumar Budhathoki, chief of the Kirtipur Police Circle, told the Post. "We asked them to clear the area, but they refused to comply, which prompted the detention."

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