Police arrested around half a dozen Tibetan exiles from the main Buddhist monastery at Bouddha in the capital for organizing what was largely peaceful protests against the Chinese occupation of Tibet on the anniversary of Tibet Uprising Day on Wednesday.

Chanting "free Tibet" including other pro-Tibet slogans while waving the Tibetan national flag, around 300 exiles staged demonstration alongside Buddhist monks at the premises of Boudhanath stupa.

There was a heavy police presence at Bouddha, one of the most revered Buddhist prayer   sites in the country, in a bid to foil the anti-China protests of spiralling out of control.  National and international journalists, press photographers and camera crew were also present to report the event.

The police didn't allow the protestors to come out of the main gate of Bouddha and in few instances even resorted to Baton charge to keep the crowd under control.

It is learnt that the police is preparing to book the arrested Tibetans under a serious offence under which they could be imprisoned up to three months.

There is a large presence of riot police in many parts of the country including Baluwatar and Hattisar where the Chinese embassy and its visa section are located.

Nepal is home to more than 20,000 exiled Tibetans who began arriving in the country in hordes from the year 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese occupation of Tibet.

Nepal has lately come under intense pressure from China to curb what it calls 'anti-China activities' on its soil.

Nepal police on Sunday arrested Thinley Gyatso, the representative of the Dalai Lama in Nepal.

Gyatso was arrested in a bid to prevent anti-China protests on the anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day celebrated worldwide on March 10.

The 1959 Tibetan Uprising began on 10 March 1959, when an anti-Chinese revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which had been under the reign of China since the Invasion of Tibet in 1950. nepalnews.com