Kathmandu, 9 June: Police in Kaski district have arrested 18 leaders and cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’-led Maoist group from Annapurna Rural Municipality of the district.
According State News Agency- RSS dispatch covered by several online portals, they were held from Uri of Annapurna-11 on Saturday night. Those arrested include Bibek Bhandari alias Aakrosh, the group’s Kaski district secretary; Kaji Gurung, the district president of the group’s student organisation; and central member Milan Rai, among others.
The group’s leaders and cadres were taken under control from the building used by a local women’s group when they were holding a meeting. All the arrestees were brought to the District Police Office, Kaski, the same night for further investigation.
The government has outlawed Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav”s Communist Party of Nepal for involving in violence and extortion activities.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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