2019-04-22
Police have arrested two cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand group from Gorkha.
Those arrested are Bishnu Rijal and Ishwor Pandey. Rijal is the group’s Gorkha district people’s council chief while Pandey is the central member of All Nepal National Independent Students Union (ANNISU) close to the Chand-led group.
Rijal was arrested from Ghyalchok of Gandaki rural municipality on Monday while Pandey was held from Ashrang of Bhimsen Thapa rural municipality-6 on Sunday.
Gorkha District Police Chief, Superintendent of Police Bhola Rawal said that Rijal will be prosecuted under the sedition charge and Pandey on the charge of inflicting damage to the Ncell repeater tower in Dhading.
Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
Primary Form | Arrest (politically significant) |
Primary Cause | Other political issues |
Actor 1 - Number of people | 2 |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | CPN (Chand) and affiliated org |
Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
Actor 2 - Number of people | N |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Government and civil servants at central level |
Actor 2 - Youth | na |