Chitwan Police arrested five people in connection to the explosion at Kalika Construction Pvt Ltd and assault on the ward chairman of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-10 in Chitwan on Wednesday.

On Tuesday evening, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off at Kalika Construction Pvt Ltd, a contractor company in Chhetrapur in Bharatpur. Police have arrested Diwas Bhusal, a cadre of Netra Bikram Chand led Communist Party of Nepal, in connection to the incident.

Superintendent of Police Dipak Thapa said four people were also arrested in Bharatpur for their alleged involvement in Tuesday’s assault on Arun Pidit Bhandari, the ward chairman of Bharatpur-10.

Unidentified group assaults municipal chairman

OKHALDHUNGA: An unidentified group thrashed Gobinda Paudel, the chairperson of Likhu Rural Municipality in Okhaldhunga district on Tuesday night. Paudel said he was attacked by four men outside his home. Paudel had to receive some stitches in his left knee as a result of injury he suffered in the attack. Deputy Superintendent of Police Anantaram Sharma said a police team has been mobilised in Likhu to find the perpetrators.