KATHMANDU, April 2: Utsarga Prakashan Pvt Ltd, the publisher of Rajdhani daily, has stated that some members of the Maoist-aligned All Nepal Communication, Printing and Publication Workers Union and Revolutionary Journalists´ Association disrupted distribution of the daily on Friday.
The publication said in a statement that some persons identifying themselves as members of the union and the association snatched away the keys of distribution vehicles. Later, the police had to intervene to get the keys back. Consequently, the distribution of the paper was delayed, the publication said.
The publication said that Janma Dev Jayshi and Bala Ram Wagle were involved in the incident. Wagle used to work in the distribution section of the publication till he was suspended on the charge of submitting fake academic certificates for job.
Similarly, Jayshi, also an ex-employee, was suspended after he issued death threats to colleagues and warned of setting the office on fire.