Seven policemen have sustained injuries after they were attacked by the cadres of CPN Maoist led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’. In the attack, a weapon of a policeman has also been damaged. One of those injured police personnel has been taken to Manma, the district headquarters of Kalikot. The police were injured in the attack carried out by CPN Maoist cadres while they were heading to Puchchhegaun to control anti-polls activities in Rastakot Municipality. A police team led by ASI Karna Bahadur Chand of Area Police Office, Syuna had been deployed to the area at 10 am Friday. According to police, the CPN Maoist cadres and locals attacked the police personnel with stones as soon as they reached the village. ASI Chand sustained an eye injury in the attack. Chand along with other four police personnel are receiving treatment at a local hospital. A critically injured police constable has been brought to district hospital Manma for treatment. The clashes took place after the policemen went to the village to arrest a Biplab-led CPN Maoist cadre, DIG Bijaya Lal Kayastha, chief of Mid-western Regional Police Office told Republica Online. “Some policemen sustained injuries and a weapon was broken down in the attack,” he said, adding, “Additional policemen have been deployed to the incident site.” According to Bharat Bam alias ‘Ranabir’, a CPN politburo member, the locals attacked policemen after they tried to arrest a CPN Maoist cadre participating in a wedding ceremony. “The wedding ceremony of CPN Central Committee member Karna Bhandari’s son was taking place. The clashes took place when the police arrived and tried to disrupt the wedding ceremony. A weapon held by police was also broken down,” he further said. नेत्र विक्रम चन्द ‘विप्लव’ नेतृत्वको नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी को आक्रमणबाट कालिकोटमा सात जना प्रहरी घाइते भएका छन्। प्रहरीको एक थान हतियार पनि भाँचिएको छ। घाइते मध्ये एक जना प्रहरीलाई थप उपचारका लागि सदरमुकाम मान्मा ल्याइएको छ । राष्टकोट नगरपालिका–७ पुच्छेगाउँमा नेकपाले निर्वाचन विरोधी गतिविधी गरिरहेको खवर पाएपछि गतिविध नियन्त्रण गर्न गएको प्रहरी टोलीमाथि आक्रमण भएको थियो। इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय स्यूनाका इन्चार्ज असई कर्णबहादुर चन्दको नेतृत्वमा शुक्रबार दिउँसो १२ बजेतिर गएको प्रहरी टोलीमाथि आक्रमण भएको थियो। विप्लवका कार्यकर्ता र प्रहरीबीच बेलुका पाँच बजेसम्म मच्छेगाउँमा झडप भएको स्थानीयले बताए । विप्लवका कार्यकर्ता र गाउँलेले ढुङ्गामुढा गरेको प्रहरीले जानकारी दिएको छ। घाइते मध्ये असई चन्दको आँखामा चोट लागेको छ । उनीसहित चार छ जनाको उपचार स्थानीय स्वास्थ्य चौकीमा भइरहेको छ । गम्भीर रहेका एक प्रहरी जवानलाई थप उपचारका लागि सदरमुकाम मान्मा ल्याइएको छ । मध्यपश्चिम क्षेत्रीय प्रहरी कार्यालयका प्रमुख डिआइजी विजयलाल कायस्थले विप्लवका एक नेतालाई पक्राउ गर्न जाँदा घटना भएको बताए । ‘विप्लवका कार्यकर्ताले ढुङ्गामुढा प्रहार गर्दा केही प्रहरी घाइते हुनुका साथै एउटा हतियार भाँचिएको छ’ उनले भने, ‘अहिले घटनास्थलमा थप सुरक्षाकर्मी परिचालन गरेका छौं।’ विप्लव नेतृत्वको नेकपाका पोलिटव्युरो सदस्य भरत बम ‘रणवीर’ ले भने विवाह भइराखेको स्थलमा आएर आफूहरुलाई पक्राउ गर्न खोज्दा घटना भएको बताए। ‘हाम्रा केन्द्रीय सदस्य कर्ण भण्डारीको छोराको विवाह भइराखेको थियो, प्रहरी आएर त्यसलाई विथोल्न थालेपछि घटना भएको हो’ उनले भने, ‘विवाहमा उपस्थित स्थानीयहरुले प्रतिकार गर्दा केही प्रहरीसहित हतियार भाँचिएको हो।’