Eighty-five people have been arrested in Nepal for allegedly trying to enforce a strike called by the Madhesis today to protest the killing of four cadres in police firing in Saptarai district, bordering India.<br/><br/>Though the impact of the strike by the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) has been minimal in the Kathmandu Valley, educational institutions remained shut.<br/><br/>Markets remained by and large open in the Kathmandu Valley and traffic was near normal.

Eighty-five people have been arrested in Nepal for allegedly trying to enforce a strike called by the Madhesis today to protest the killing of four cadres in police firing in Saptarai district, bordering India.<br/><br/>Though the impact of the strike by the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) has been minimal in the Kathmandu Valley, educational institutions remained shut.<br/><br/>Markets remained by and large open in the Kathmandu Valley and traffic was near normal.