BAITADI, Oct. 23 -- After a video of an excavator haphazardly attacking the residents of Dasharath Chand Municipality went viral on social media, the District Police Office, Baitadi, arrested the driver of the earthmover for further investigation.

On Monday, Kishor Bohara, the driver of the excavator, attacked the residents while they were protesting the construction of a road in the region. A total of eight persons were injured in the incident. A 25-year-old girl Gauri Joshi was seriously injured when the blade of the excavator hit her. She is receiving treatment in Dhangadhi.

Police have also arrested the president of the consumer committee and two other persons for investigation, according to DSP Dilli Narayan Pandey, chief of the Di...