Jwala's men murder schoolteacher in Siraha

Cadres of the Jwala Singh faction of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) brutally murdered a high school teacher in Bishnupurkatti VDC, Siraha district, last night.

Reports say that a group led by JTMM-J platoon commander Raju Singh abducted Arun Kumar Shrestha, the headmaster of Bishnupurkatti High School, out of his house in Bishnupurkatti; brought him to a sugarcane field some one kilometre away from his house and stabbed him to death.

The JTMM-J cadres also clashed with the local people who tried to stop them from abducting Shrestha.

The group has said Shrestha was killed for involving in the publicity campaign for constituent assembly elections and refusing to pay ‘tax’ to its ‘district government’.

JTMM-J Siraha district in-charge Tufan Singh Bidhrohi telephoned local media persons and claimed responsibility for the killing.

Of late, the two factions of JTMM have intensified targeted killings, abductions and forceful seizure of lands of the leaders of mainstream political parties and local landlords in Terai districts. nepalnews.com mk Sep 11 07

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