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Matrika cadres seize sugar mill

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KANCHANPUR, Jan 23: Cadres of the CPN-Maoist (Matrika) said that they have seized Basuling Sugar Mill at Chuha of Kailali district belonging to former prime minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand.



Kanchanpur district coordinator of the party, Nabin Kathayat, informed Rastriya Samachar Samiti that the Mill was captured, giving 15-day ultimatum to the owner Arun Chand to pay the sugarcane farmers. [break]



They announced the seizure by placing party flags in the Mill premises.



He warned of selling machines of the Mill and and pay the farmers and employees along with interest if the owner did not pay them within Sunday.



The party made it clear that they have been demanding the nationalization of the Mill or running by unions.


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