Netra Bikram Chand (Biplav)-led Communist Party has declared bandh today in Kailali district protesting the arrest of the cadres who have been accused of attacking the Ghodaghodi Municipality Mayor Mamata Prasad Chaudhary. Market areas are closed in the district as a result of the bandh, in addition to disruption in transportation, due to which passengers have been stranded. The cadres of Biplav-led party had allegedly shot, and attacked Mayor Chaudhary with khukuri in his own house on March 12. He is currently under treatment in Kathmandu. विप्लव नेतृत्वको नेकपाले गरेको बन्दले कैलालीको जनजीवन प्रभावित भएको छ। घोडाघोडी नगरपालिकाका मेयर ममता प्रसाद चौधरीलाई आक्रमण गर्ने कार्यकर्तालाई प्रहरीले पक्राउ गरी ज्यान मार्ने मुद्दा दर्ता गरेको बिरोधमा नेकपाले शनिबार कैलाली जिल्ला बन्द गरेको हो। बन्दका कारण यातायातका साधन चल्न सकेका छैनन् भने ब्यापारिक प्रतिष्ठान, उद्योग धन्दा बन्द छन्। गत फागुन २८ गते मेयर चौधरीलाई उनकै घरमा विप्लवका कार्यकर्ताहरुले खुकुरी र गोली प्रहार गरेको भन्दै प्रहरीले चार जनालाई पक्राउ गरेको छ। प्रहरीले घोडाघोडी नगरपालिका १ लक्ष्मीपुर बस्ने ४० वर्षीय कमल क्षेत्री, वडा नम्बर ९ बस्ने ३६ वर्षीय भरतबहादुर शाह, धनगढी उपमहानगरपालिका ८ बस्ने ३० वर्षीय पुर्णप्रसाद खनाल र टीकापुर नगरपालिका १ बस्ने ३० वर्षीय हृदयराज बोगटीलार्इ पक्राउ गरेको छ। Four cadres had been taken into custody on charge of attacking the Mayor. Police had arrested Kamal Chhetri (40) of Lakshmipur in Ghodaghodi Municipality-1, Bharat Bahadur Shah (36) of Ghodaghodi-9, Purna Prasad Khanal (30) of Dhangadhi Sub Metropolitan City-8, and Hridaya Raj Bogati (30) of Tikapur Municipality-1. However, Kailali incharge of the party ‘Mahan’ and Secretary ‘Amar’, in a joint press statement, have denied the party’s involvement in the attack on Mayor Chaudhary.