Incident Reports

Bomb explodes targeting NC candidates in Nawalaparasi

2017-11-25

Gandaki, Nawalparasi West, Bungdikali

A powerful bomb exploded targeting Nepali congress (NC) candidates at Jhirubhangyang in Nawalparasi on Saturday. No casualties have been reported so far. The bomb was detonated targeting a vehicle carrying NC parliamentary candidate of Nawalparasi constituency-2 Bishnu Karki and provincial candidate Bishnu Lamichhane at around 9 pm today. They had gone to the village for election campaign. The incident site is three km west from the Area Police Office, Rudrapurgadhi. SP Dipendra GC of eastern Nawalparasi informed that a police team has already been deployed at the incident site. According to NC district president and provincial candidate Bishnu Lamichhane, the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated to terrorise the voters. Following the incident, Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) cadres have suddenly gone underground. Leaders and cadres of CPN in Rukum, Rolpa and Pyuthan have deactivated their Facebook account and also switched off their mobile phones. It has been suspected that the cadres of CPN are behind the explosion. Meanwhile, security agencies have barred NC General Secretary and candidate of eastern Nawalparasi constituency-1 Shashanka Koirala from travelling hilly areas on vehicle due to security reason. In the wake of bomb explosion targeting election candidates in various parts of the country, the security agencies have urged Koirala to not travel the hilly areas on the vehicle. Following the suggestion from security agencies, the NC has said that Koirala will be travelling to Dedgaun, Kotthat and Bunglingtar on a helicopter for election campaign. पहाडमा चुनाव प्रचारमा गएका कांग्रेस उम्मेदवारलाई लक्षित गरेर बम विस्फोट गराइएको छ । त्यहाँ मानवीय क्षति भने भएको छैन । महेन्द्रराजमार्गको चोरमाराबाट पहाडी बुँदीकाली गाउँपालिकामा शनिबार बिहान गएका पूर्वी नवलपरासी क्षेत्र नम्बर २ मा प्रतिनिधिसभाका उम्मेदवार विष्णु कार्की र प्रदेशसभाका उम्मेदवार विष्णु लामिछाने चढेको जिपलाई लक्षित गरेर पहाडी मार्गको झिरुभञ्याङ भन्ने स्थलमा शनिबार बिहान साढे ९ बजे शक्तिशाली बम विस्फोट गराइएको हो । विस्फोट हुँदा जिप अगाडि कटिसकेकाले (छलिएको) कसैलाई पनि नलागेको र सुरक्षित रहेको उम्मेवारसँगै रहेका बोमलाल थापाले टेलिफोनमा बताए । विस्फोट भएको इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय रुद्रपुरगढीबाट ३ किलोकिटर पश्चिम पर्दछ । विस्फोट भएको स्थल महेन्द्र राजमार्गबाट १६ किलोमिटर उत्तर कच्ची सडकमा पर्दछ । कांग्रेसका उम्मेदवारसहित ३ वटा जिपमा कार्यकर्ता पहाडी गाउँमा प्रचारमा गएका थिए । पूर्वी नवलपरासीका प्रहरी उपरीक्षक दीपेन्द्र जिसीले उम्मेदवारलाई लक्षित गरेर बम फालिएको खबर आएको र घटनास्थलमा प्रहरी पुगेको जानकारी दिए । उनले पहाडमा लुकेर बसेकाहरुले घटना गराएर भागेको हुनसक्ने बताए । पहिलोपटक उम्मेदवारहरु पहाड पसेको मौका छोपेर मतदाता त्रसित बनाउन र उम्मेदवारलाई हत्या गर्ने योजनाअनुसार बम विस्फोट गराइएको कांग्रेस जिल्ला सभापति तथा प्रदेशका उम्मेदवार विष्णु लामिछानेले बताए । उनले पहाडमा प्रचार गरेर मात्र फर्किने योजना रहेको सुनाए । पहाडी बुलिंटार, बुंदीकाली र हुप्सेकोट गाउँपालिकामा प्रचारका लागि ३ वटा जिप र मोटरसाइकलमा २ उम्मेदवारसहित ५ दर्जन कार्यकर्ता पहाडतिर गएका छन् ।
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 CPN (Chand) and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Chitwan

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