An unidentified group hurled improvised explosive device (IED) targeting the vehicles carrying House Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar and CPN (Maoist Centre) leaders Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Barshaman Pun along the Liwang-Sadobato road section in Rolpa on Friday.

The left alliance election publicity team was heading for district headquarters Liwang to address an election rally when unidentified persons hurled the explosive towards the vehicle from a forest nearby the Bhadaure temple along the road section at around 11:45am today.

The place of the incident is some 5 kms from the meeting venue and 3 kms from the enarest Nepal Army barrack.

Press Advisor to Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Manoj Gharti informed that the IED landed some 10 meters in front of the leaders’ vehicle.

Rolpa District Police DSP Gyanendra Phuyal informed that no one was injured in the incident and the leaders are being escorted to Liwang from Sulichaur. The police have also found another unexploded IED from the incident site.

Earlier, on Thursday, another IED was hurled at the vehicle of Irrigation State Minister Amarsingh Pun.