Wednesday 31 October 2018

Nepali Congress condemns incident

KATHMANDU: The main opposition Nepali Congress condemned the killing of its cadre Ram Bilas Mahato, who was shot dead by Nepal Communist Party (NCP) cadres, in a clash in Ward No 4 of Ramnagar Rural Municipality, Sarlahi district, on Tuesday morning.

Issuing a press release, the NC said, “We have taken the incident seriously and want to draw the government’s attention to it.” The NC demanded martyrdom for the deceased, free medical treatment for the injured and stern action against perpetrators of the crime.

The press release states that the NCP cadres had all of a sudden started thrashing Mahato and shot him in the face and stomach. It further said that NCP cadres vandalised an ambulance which had reached the site to rescue those who were injured. Ward
Chair Mahato’s left leg was fractured and his head had sustained serious injury that required 10 stitches.

The NC further alleged that police were intimidated by the NCP and did not do anything.

 

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