Around 30 CPN-UML cadres led by Sher Bahadur Buda and Angad Rana attacked two Nepali Congress agents and tied them on trees whole night at Chakartasog rural municipality of Dolpa.
Sher Bahadur and Angat Rana are coordinator of District Coordination Committee and chairperson of Kaile rural municipality respectively attacked.
The cadres attacked Surya Tamata and Jiwan Bhandari and tore their ‘agent letter’, Angad Kumar Buda, representative of Nepali Congress for the House of Representatives said. Buda accused the police for being observers to the incident.
Jiwan Bhandari sustained severe injuries on his left foot while Surya sustained minor injuries. Both are undergoing treatment at Dolpa Hospital. Keshav Raj Acharya, Chief District Officer, Dolpa has condemned the attack.
Citing weak security, Nepali Congress has urged the Chief District Officer and Election Officer to postpone elections in all election booths of Kaile, Chakartasog and Dolpa Budhha rural municipality of Upper Dolpa. He cautioned that if security was not to be stepped up, the party would outcast the election.
Acharya said that arrangements were being made for the agents to stay at the place and police were deployed to arrest those involved in the incident.