Voters at three polling centres in Purano Naikap were terrified in the early hours today after an explosion. As a result, voter turnout was low at three polling stations in Ward 13 of Chandragiri Municipality. “As the voters were terrified, the turnout was very low,” said Dipak Paneru, a local. “It was 7:40am when I was preparing to head for the polling centre, which is just 100 metres from my house. The blast shook my entire house,” said Yadav Paneru, voter of the area. “I looked out the window and saw smoke rising in the sky. The window glass of my house was broken,” he added. A Nepali Army team had immediately rushed to the site. According to Manoj Thapa, another local, the number of voters at the polling centres grew only after 11:00am. काठमाडौंको नैकापमा बम पड्किएको छ। नैकापमा बाँसको झ्याङ्गमा बम पड्किएको काठमाडौं प्रहरी प्रमुख एसएसपी रबिन्द्र धानुकले जानकारी दिए। ‘घरहरु भन्दा टाढा ५ सय मिटर बम पड्किएको छ,’ कुनै मानवीय क्षति भएको छैन’उनले भने। उनका अनुसार त्यो बम तत्काल पड्काउन घरमै बनाएकोे सामान्य बम भएको बताए। यस विषयमा थप अनुसन्धान भइरहेको बम पड्किएको स्थान वरिपरी सर्च अप्रेसन गरिरहेको उनले बताए। बम पड्किए पनि त्रसित नबन्न उनले सर्वसाधारणसँग आग्रह गरेका छन् । प्रहरी र म्यादी गरी उपत्यकामा १४ हजार प्रहरी खटिएका छन्।