Nepal, July 12 -- The Malangwa bazaar in Sarlahi district came to a complete halt on Saturday following a shutdown called by the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) to protest alleged police excesses.

The party enforced a two-day shutdown demanding the withdrawal of what it calls a "false case" against Ashok Yadav, the Madhesh Province Chair of JSP, and disciplinary action against Sarlahi's Superintendent of Police (SP) Yogendra Kumar Khadka.

In response, JSP cadres closed all shops and halted transport services from early Saturday morning, bringing daily life in the district headquarters to a standstill.On Friday evening, JSP supporters had taken out a torch rally through Malangwa bazaar. As a result of the strike, all factories in the area r...