An armed group of four unidentified persons attempted an attack on Bhubaneswar Paudel, the chairperson of Babai Rural Municipality at his home in Babai Rural Municipality-4. 

The men who came to Paudel's house with the aim of attacking him manhandled his wife Kamala Paudel at around 5'o clock in the morning. "The group may have come to attack me", said Chairman Paudel,' but since I was not at home, after looking at all the rooms in the house, they may have attacked Kamala.'  The group reportedly threatened Kamala by pointing a pistol at her. The Babai Rural Municipality Committe of ruling NCP to which chairperson Paudel belonged condemned the incident by issuing a press statement. Similarly the National Youth Associatoin has also criticized the incident.