Incident Reports
Chand-led CPN cadres arrested
2020-03-20
Police today made public two leaders of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal including the party’s Rautahat district in-charge, at a press conference on the premises of Area Police Office, Chandrapur.
Acting on a tip-off, police had nabbed the CPN’s district in-charge Man Kumar Rai, 39, and Kamal Gurung, 38, from Mahadevdanda Allajor of Chandrapur Municipality last night. They were held at 10:30pm, said DSP Hem Bahadur Shahi. Gurung is the Rautahat district chairman of the Youth Association affiliated with the Chand-led party.
DSP Shahi said the arrested were engaged in extorting money from businessmen by issuing threats, committing criminal activities and planting improvised explosive devices on the premises of government properties and buildings.
Police have seized a hand grenade, a pistol, two bullets, seven sets of mobile phone and some documents and books from them.
Details and Impacts
| 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/a |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Government and civil servants at central level |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
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