Miscellaneous
Chairman of Nepal Kumal Sangh attacked
Thakur Kumal, the general secretary of Nepal Kumal Sangh, sustained serious injuries in an attack at Nilkantha Municipality-8 on Tuesday.Thakur Kumal, the general secretary of Nepal Kumal Sangh, sustained serious injuries in an attack at Nilkantha Municipality-8 on Tuesday.
Two assailants slashed Kumal with a Khukuri while he was returning home on his motorcycle. He suffered deep cut injuries in his neck and the arms.
Seriously injured Kumal was airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment following a primary treatment at Dhading District Hospital. According to the witnesses, Ram Bahadur Tamang and Hemanta Duwadi had attacked Kumal with a Khukuri at around 10:30 am.
Both Tamang and Duwadi are on the run.
Police said Kumal and Tamang had fallen out after they both decided to run for the post of ward chairperson of Nilkantha Village Council-8 from the Nepali Congress in the local election held on May 14. The NC had nominated a third person for the post.