Violence erupted at Chapakot village this afternoon when local residents hurled stones at a police post after claiming that police did not investigate the suspected murder of a woman named Maya Biswakarma.
However, police officials said the woman had committed suicide at her residence a fortnight ago.
District police chief Krishna Bahadur Raut said, "The police fired in the air in self-defence after locals hurled stones and bricks at the police post."
Two persons were killed in the firing, reports said. Eight policemen were among the injured, according to officials.