A clash between activists of the UCPN (Maoist) and the Mohan Baidya-led CPN-Maoist on Thursday left 12 people injured in Khalanga, the district headquarters of Salyan.
The tension at the old bus park area ensued as the UCPN (Maoist) supporters, who were on their way to the District Election Office to file candidacy for the November election, encountered Baidya’s supporters while they were burning effigies of top leaders of the four major political parties.
Khalanga remained tense after the clash and the stampede among the party workers and local people that followed. Police used force to contain the situation and dispersed the mob in about 25 minutes.
Among the injured were state committee member of the UCPN (Maoist) Lokman Budhathoki, district in-charge of the CPN-Maoist Asal Chhetri and Baidya supporters Shyam Bhandari, Ganeshman Singh, Keshavraj Sharma and Bodhiram Bista. The CPN-Maoist said Bhandari was seriously injured in the clash.
Two of the injured are undergoing treatment in the District Hospital, while the others have already returned home.
source:-ekantipur
