Dhangadhi : Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’-led Communist Party of Nepal has torched a bus carrying people attending a marriage ceremony at Rajipur jungle of Kailali district this morning in course of its Nepal banda. Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Kailali, Aabhushan Timsina, said that an unidentified group comprising nine people torched the bus (Ma 1 Kha 441) by sprinkling diesel on it at 4:00 am. A total of 12 members playing musical instruments in marriage ceremony were travelling in the bus. All the passengers as well as bus driver and helper are safe. The bus was heading towards Bhimduttanagar from Bhajani.
Similarly, police have arrested three persons, who threatened to set ablaze the bus parked at Godavari of Godavari municipality-4 in the district, this morning. They are Koshraj Bhatta of Betkot, Kanchanpur, Sushila Chanda of Bhimduttanagar and Dhan Bahadur Bam of Doti. Likewise, locals are terrorized after suspicious objects like IEDs are found at Joshipur, Sikhad and Sadepani in the district. Normal life has been affected as well as transport service, educational institutions, industry and markets have remain closed today due to Nepal banda.
Bomb defused at Rajha, Banke :
A bomb disposal squad of the Nepal Army has defused a bomb planted by an unidentified group at Rajha Chok along the Nepalgunj-Kohalpur road section in the district today, said Banke police Chief SP Arun Poudel. Along with it, normal life has been affected in Banke due to Nepal banda (general shutdown) called by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’-led Communist Party of Nepal today.
Two trucks under arson attack :
The general shutdown imposed by the Communist Party of Nepal led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’ has impacted normal life in Nawalparasi today. Big vehicles have not much operated on the East-West highway. The general strike’s impact has been seen especially on the highway area. Two parked trucks came under arson attack from the shutdown enforcers at local Tulasipur Chok of Sarawal rural municipality-1 in the west of the district. Police said an unidentified group set the two parked trucks on fire at 1 am today.
Banda affects normal life in Pokhara :
Normal life has been affected in Pokhara due to Nepal banda general shutdown called by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’-led Communist Party of Nepal today. Public transport has been disrupted and teaching learning activities affected from early this morning due to the strike. Most of the shops have remained closed in market area. Suspicious devices were found at Shavagriha chowk and Bhandardhik of Pokhara this morning and a bomb disposal team disposed of the suspicious materials, said Spokesperson of Kaski Police, Rabindraman Gurung. RSS
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