Incident Reports

Chand-led CPN’s Kathmandu chief arrested

2017-12-07

Police have arrested Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN)’s Kathmandu Valley chief Ravi Goley on Thursday. Goley was arrested from Bandegaun of Lalitpur district. Police have also arrested his six aides from various places of Capital. Of them, two are the party’s district committee members. Police suspect that the recent incidents of blasts in Kathmandu Valley were executed under Goley’s leadership. Four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered from Goley’s house in Basundhara, Kathmandu on Wednesday. A bomb disposal squad of Nepal Army had disposed the explosives in his house on Wednesday evening. Police also confiscated one Chinese pistol and eight rounds bullet from Goley. नेत्रविक्रम चन्द 'विप्लव' नेतृत्वको नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (नेकपा)का उपत्यका प्रमुख रवि गोले पक्राउ परेका छन् । गोलेलाई ललितपुरको बाँडेगाउँबाट प्रहरीले पक्राउ गरेको हो । राजधानीका विभिन्न ठाउँबाट उनका ६ जना सहयोगीसमेत पक्राउ परेका छन् । तीमध्ये दुई जना जिल्ला कमिटी सदस्य छन् । उपत्यकामा चुनावलक्षित विस्फोट गोलेकै नेतृत्वमा भएको अनुमान प्रहरीको छ । उनको बसुन्धरास्थित डेरामा छापा मार्दा ४ वटा तयारी अवस्थाका बम भेटिएपछि नेपाली सेनाले बुधबार साँझ घरमै गएर डिस्पोज गरेको थियो । प्रहरीले गोलेको साथबाट चाइनिज पेस्तोल र ८ राउण्ड गोली बरामद गरेको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Arrest (politically significant)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police , Police
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 7
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) CPN (Chand) and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media , Police website

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