KATHMANDU, June 14: Cadres of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) staged a demonstration in Balaju area of Kathmandu on Sunday evening to protest the death in mysterious circumstances of one of their party colleagues on Thursday.
Rajendra Phuyal, Kathmandu member of the Maoist-aligned Young Communist League (YCL) Nepal, was was found unconscious on Thursday and died while being taken to hospital.
The demonstrators said the death was mysterious but the police did not conduct a thorough investigation. Vehicular movement in Balaju area was disrupted due to the demonstration.