Two businessmen have threatened Sindhupalchowk based correspondent for Karobar Daily, Tanka Khadka over a news report published about them. Traders Rabindra Shrestha and Sudarshan Pradhan, who had taken land on rent, issued threat to the correspondent over the news report titled 'Annual rent of one Ropani land amounts to Rs 161'. The businesspersons admonished journalist Khadka not to follow the news on land issue otherwise he would face action. "We are the folks of Chautara and could invite anything against you", Khadka quoted them as saying. However, businessperson Shrestha and Pradhan refuted the claim of Khadka.