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KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- About 200 officers at a police camp in western Nepal have taken eight of their superiors hostage, demanding better treatment and better food in the barracks, Nepalese officials.
The officers took control of the camp at Nepalganj -- about 248 miles (400 kilometers) from the capital Kathmandu -- on Saturday. By Sunday, authorities called in other policemen who cordoned off the area while negotiations continued.
"We have not received any official communication from the protesting police officers, but yesterday they read out 31 demands on a loudspeaker to the public," home ministry spokesman Mod Raj Dotel told CNN on Sunday.
Among the officers' demands are better food in the barracks and better treatment by senior officers, he said.
This is the third time in the last few months that junior police officers had taken control of a police barrack in western Nepal. The other two standoffs ended peacefully.
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