Four leaders of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand) were arrested from a hotel in Radi Bazaar of Western Rukum District in Province No. 6 while they were holding talks, reports Khabarhub on August 6. The arrested are identified as District Secretary Hiramani Rawal (39), District Committee member Ghamand Mahar (28), District Committee chief of party’s student wing Prem Prashan Bohara (19), and cadre Tul Bahadur Gharti (20).
Meanwhile, 13 CPN-Maoist-Chand cadres were arrested from different parts of Province No. 6, including four from Western Rukum District, three from Jumla District, two each from Salyan Ditrict and Surkhet District, and one each from Dailekh District and Dolpa District, reports reports Khabarhub on August 13.
Separately, Police on August 20, two CPN-Maoist-Chand leaders from Saptari District of Province No. 2, reports Rising Nepal. The arrested are Central Member Uma Bhujel (41) and district-level leader Suman Singh Poudel (31).
In another incident,eight CPN-Maoist-Chand cadres were arrested on August 30, on charge of abducting a School Principal in Sindhuli District of Province No. 3, reports Nepali News.Principal of Bhimsen Lower Secondary Schhol at Tilpungadada Narayan Bhandari was kidnapped when he was handing scholarships on August 26.A Police team had rescued Bhandari from Khanipakha forest of Layo village.