Five persons were injured when cadres of Nepali Congress affiliated Tarun Dal and CPN (Maoist Center) affiliated YCL clashed at Sisne Village Council-5 in Rukum district.

Cadres of the two forces trade blows when dispute escalated at CPN (Maoist Center) liaison office at Rumaltar on Monday evening.

The injured have been identified as Resham BC, 30, Top Bahadur Shahi, 35, Shree Kumar Budathoki, 24, Gor Bahadur Thapa, 25 and Keshav Thapa, 26, informed Inspector Hikmat Bahadur Bhandari. BC and Shahi are associated with Tarun Dal while the three others are YCL cadres.

BC has been referred to Nepalgunj for further treatment while Budathoki was sent to district hospital. Inspector Bhandari said they did not arrested anyone as there was no official complaint filed at the police.