KATHMANDU, May 25: Two unidentified persons thrashed Bhola Wagle, a distributor of Republica and Nagarik dailies, near Nilopul Bridge at Sukedhara area on Monday morning. Two masked persons had asked Wagle whether he was a distributor of the newspapers before attacking him. They gave him punches in his face, snatched a bundle of newspapers and threw them into nearby Dhobikhola river.