Maoists bomb houses of poll candidates

In a bid to disrupt municipal elections, Maoists have been continuing attacks against poll candidates and destroying their properties.

Maoists bombed the houses of Bishnudevi Rawal and Kumarbahadur Shah, mayoral and deputy mayoral candidates of the Tikapur municipality on Wednesday.

The Maoists detonated five bombs simultaneously in the area where the District Police Office, the District Prison and the branch office of the Nepal Rastra Bank are located, Wednesday evening, report quoted a Dhangadhi-based security source as saying.

At least 200 rounds of gunshots were heard in the area from 8:10 pm to 8:35 pm, locals said. The Maoists began firing from the east and the police retaliated later, the District Police Office said.

Meanwhile, the Maoists opened firing on the Sukhkhad-based unified security base camp at 8:45 pm. However no causality is reported on both sides.

A report from Taulihawa said Maoists detonated a bomb in the house of the recently-elected mayor of the Taulihawa Municipality, Ramdas Gupta, at 9 pm. The explosion has destroyed the house completely.

Windowpanes of the New Road (Pokhara)-based office of the Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City were destroyed in a blast carried out by the Maoists, a report said.

The Maoists detonated bombs near the residence of the superintendent of police at 6:45 pm on Wednesday, a report from Tanahun said, adding that there were no casualties. nepalnews.com pb Feb 02 06

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