Kathmandu, March 6 -- On Tuesday evening, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari was on her way to the Nepal Army headquarters in Bhadrakali from her residence in Sheetal Niwas, Maharajgunj to attend a reception marking the Nepal Army day. The traffic police, to clear her way, halted all traffic from Lainchour to Bhadrakali. Things began to take an unexpected turn when the roadblock wasn't cleared for over 40 minutes, even as the line of waiting motorbikes and cars grew a kilometre long.

A dark shaky video that went viral on social media on Tuesday night shows what happened: frustrated with the unnecessary wait, motorbikes-their horns blaring in unison-force their way en masse through the blockade as the traffic cops watch helplessly. The video ...