Province No. 1 (NA): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2011

The cadres belonging to the Limbuwan State Council (LSC) assaulted Mina Pun, a Constituent Assembly (CA) member from the Rastriya Janamorcha Party (RJP), and other party activists while they were taking part in her party’s programme at the Damak Chowk of Jhapa District on January 2, reports Himalayan Times. The CA member Pun said more than 100 Limbuwan cadres chased her and supporters of her party and seized the banner, pamphlets and other materials. ‘’They attacked us for organising a programme against federalism and warned us of dire consequences if we gave continuity to such campaigns,’’ Pun said. Admitting that his cadres had intervened in the programme, Lok Sagar Sanba, a leader of LSC, said they will not allow anyone to organise programmes against federalism. Read less...

According to Kantipuronline, the Police says that An outfit of former People’s Liberation Army (PLA) combatants of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) calling itself the People's Liberation Army Former Soldiers' Unity Organisation (PLAFSUG) was suspected of running various crime rackets in Jhapa District, says the Police,. Police believe that the outfit is largely comprised of disqualified Maoist combatants and it is involved in crimes like extortion, abduction and robbery in the Dstrict. Mechi Zonal Police Chief Raviraj Shrestha said the authorities have found direct involvement of the outfit in various crimes that took place in Jhapa in the past couple of months. He also claimed that the fighters at the Chulachuli-based camp of the PLA in Ilam District were harbouring the outfit. Read less...

Cadres belonging to the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist abducted six activists of both Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) on January 25 in Udayapur District, reports Himalayan Times. According to reports, UCPN-M cadres abducted NC activist Dik Bahadur Thapa (45), CPN-UML Lafa village committee chairman Kamal Rai (28), CPN-UML activists Parsuram Thapa (30), Kesar Rai(16), Karna Bahadur Rai (25) and his father Chunuklal Rai. The abduction followed the beating of Dhan Bahadaur Rai at the wedding ceremony of Ram Bahadur Rai, a local. Read less...

The ‘chairman’ of the UCPN-M Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda claimed that the new Government would not be formed even by February 6, 2011. While inaugurating Martyrs’ Memorial Residential School at Hansposa, Sunsari Dsitrict, he claimed that other parties were hatching conspiracies, despite Maoists’ efforts to form the new Government on time. “Some parties are trying to foil our efforts by convincing their lawmakers to cast invalid votes,” he alleged. Read less...