The paper, including Republica, reported that YCL cadre Rajendra Phuyal, whose death led the Maoist youth wing to call a banda on Monday, committed suicide by taking poison. [break]
The report is contrary to claims by the YCL. The YCL has maintained that members of CPN-UML-affiliated Youth Force were responsible for Phuyal consuming the poison. However, a postmortem report stated that there was no indication Phuyal took the poison out of force.
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