Sandhya Rai
Kumaripati, April 11
Four persons were injured in the attack of an underground ethnic outfit, Kirat Janabadi Workers Party (KJWP), on Saturday at Bhojpur’s Pangacha VDC that borders with Udayapur district.
Witnesses said one of the KJWP men fired two bullets during the skirmish. The shooter jumped into the Sunkoshi River before the local people could suspect him, two fled the scene, while the other Hans raj Rai was captured and turned in to the authority.
The KJWP had accused the victims, Man Bahadur Katuwal of trading timber from the district without procuring the party’s permission.
The members of the ethnic outfit also attacked Sitaram Koirala of Chaundadi VDC on the same day.
The KJWP has intensified its activities in various parts of Bhojpur and Udayapur districts in the resent days. The outfit has been extorting and intimidating timber traders, forest officers and VDC secretaries. A few weeks ago, KJWP activists had torched VDC offices at Mainamaini, Babala and siddhipur VDCs in Udayapur
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