The government has recalled Kailali Chief District Officer Raj Kumar Shrestha for failing to effectively perform his duty in maintaining peace and security during the violent protests in the district on Monday.

Central Regional Administration Office Joint Secretary Mohan Chapagain will replace the outgoing CDO Shrestha in the district.

Eight persons, including a Senior Superintendent of Police, two inspectors, a head constable, a constable and a two-year-old child were killed when protestors protesting against proposals for administrative reform clashed with police in Tikapur of Kailali district.

Large number of protestors took to the streets yielding axes, spears, khukurs, sickles, catapults defying the prohibition order, encircled the security personnel and assaulted them.

Tharuhat activists have been demanding a province comprising areas with sizable Tharu population.

The protesters want to include Kailali and Kanchanpur districts in the proposed Province 5 from Province 7.