Ratnanagar (Chitwan), May 13 : Biplav – led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) cadres this morning detonated a grenade at a location between Royal Century Hotel and Bhatbhateni supermarket in Bharatpur, police said. The explosion took place at 3:45 am and shattered the rear windows of the supermarket building, according to Chitwan’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Deepak Thapa.
Human casualties have not been reported in the incident. Two cadres reportedly threw the grenade from a bike. Police have identified one of them. With the rumour of general strike called by Biplov-led CPN, transportation in Chitwan has been crippled with few vehicles plying the road.
Two Indian container trucks set ablaze : An unidentified group today set ablaze two stalled container trucks at Chalise of Dhunibeshi municipality – 6 of Dhading along the Prithvi highway. The two 22 – wheel trucks with Indian registration number plates, R J 42 GA 5021 and R J 42 GA 0756, were set ablaze, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ram Bahadur KC of District Police Office. The arson attack took place at around 3 am. Four dozers were used to pile mud around the trucks to contain the fire from spreading elsewhere. The fire was doused after fire engines from Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) arrived two hours later. There were no human casualties in the attack.
The arson attack on two trucks parked at the roadside near a settlement, petrol station and a gas industry spread fear among the local residents. The fire also snapped an electric wire causing a blackout. Authorities have suspected the Biplav-led CPN to be behind the arson attack. The incident has caused a traffic snarl in the area.
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