CA candidate's vehicle torched in Kaski

POKHARA, Oct 23: A vehicle of the UCPN (Maoist) candidate of Kaski Constituency No. 1 Bishnu Poudel was torched in Siddha VDC-6 in the district on Tuesday night. The vehicle was used for election publicity campaign.



An indentified gang set the vehicle (Ga 1 Cha 5143) on fire at Niibuwaswara village of Siddha VDC. [break]



Two wheels of the jeep were burnt, turning the vehicle into dysfunctional, Poudel said.



UCPN (Maoist) candidate Poudel accused the status-quoist force of setting the vehicle on fire fearing their defeat in the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) election.

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