He and the Forum cadres were attacked when he had reached the house of constituency number 5 candidate Javed Khan´s house at Balakawa to mark the Bakr Eid festival. [break]
His vehicle, Ba 8 Cha 1792, and that of cadres´,Ba 3 Cha 8837, was vandalized, said the District Police Office Siraha.
The attackers looted Rs 100,000, pamphlets, and party flags from the vehicle of Singh, who is also a former state minister. Javed´s house was also vandalized.
The attackers vandalized at around 8:00 pm. Although he survived, hiding in the house, he said, "They tried to kill me by breaking doors and windows."
Security forces did not give attention even if informed in advance, and even if the SP was phoned, he said they could not give security in night time, Singh said.
Chandradev Yadav who had joined the Forum from the Nepali Congress was also attacked. He blamed that Nepali Congress workers attacked him after he left the party.
CDO Anil Kumar Thakur said the security forces were mobilized as soon as they knew about it but it was difficult as it was night time, and investigation was on.
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