Two central members of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Niraj Acharya and Dambar Bahadur Singh were injured in an attack by cadres of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoists-Chand) at Barekot Rural Municipality in Jajarkot District of Province No. 6 on October 23, reports The Himalayan Times.
Meanwhile, Police on October 23 arrested Suntali Thokar (32), the Kavrepalanchok District secretary of CPN-Maoists-Chand from Panauti Municipality in Kavrepalanchok District of Province No. 3, reports The Himalayan Times. Acting on a special tip-off, a team of Police arrested Thokar from her home at midnight.