Guwahati, March 26 -- Mass protests broke out across Nepal on Tuesday following the sudden removal of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director Kulman Ghising, who was dismissed from his post on Monday evening.

Demonstrators gathered in the streets, demanding Ghising's reinstatement and clashed with police near the parliament in Kathmandu.

Tensions escalated as protesters attempted to breach restricted areas, resulting in scuffles with security forces. Later in the evening, the All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary) burned an effigy of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, condemning the government's decision to sack Ghising.

The dismissal was formalized during a cabinet meeting at Singha Durbar on Monday, whic...