Incident Reports

Bomb detonated at State Minister Shrestha’s house in Sarlahi

2017-11-25

Madhes, Sarlahi, Lalbandi, Ward 13

An unidentified gang has exploded a bomb in the house of Minister of State for Livestock Development Shambhu Lal Shrestha on early Saturday. A pressure cooker bomb was detonated targeting the house of State Minister Shrestha based in Ranigunj in Lalbandi municipality-17 at 5 am today. The rear compound wall of the house has been damaged by the explosion, informed Police Inspector Shekh Adalath of Area Police Office, Lalbandi. State Minister Shrestha is the candidate for the House of Representatives from the Nepali Congress from Sarlahi Constituency-1. State Minister Shrestha was at home when the bomb went off. पशुपंक्षी विकास राज्यमन्त्री शम्भुलाल श्रेष्ठको घरमा बम विष्फोट भएको छ । शनिबार बिहान ५ बजे सर्लाहीको लालबन्दी नगरपालिका–१७, रानिगञ्जस्थित मन्त्री श्रेष्ठको घरलाई लक्षित गर्दै प्रेसर कुकर बम विष्फोट गराइएको हो । बम विष्फोटबाट घरको पछाडिपट्टि कम्पाउण्डको पर्खालमा सामान्य क्षति पुगेको इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय लालबन्दीका प्रहरी निरीक्षक शेख अदालतले जानकारी दिए । पूर्व–पश्चिम राजमार्गसँगै सटेको मन्त्री श्रेष्ठको घर पछाडि एकान्त स्थानमा झोलामा प्रेसर कुकुर बम राखेर विष्फोट गराइएको प्रहरीले अनुमान गरेको छ । मन्त्री श्रेष्ठ नेपाली कांग्रेसबाट प्रतिनिधिसभा क्षेत्र नं। १ काउम्मेदवार हुन् । विष्फोटका बेला मन्त्री श्रेष्ठ घरमै थिए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Remote violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
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