CPN-Maoist abducts officials collecting voters' list

NUWAKOT, March 31: Cadres of the CPN-Maoist captured the government officials deployed for the collection of voters´ lists from Duipipal VDC of Nuwakot district, on Sunday.



The captured government officials are VDC Secretary Dil Bahadur Bogati, technician Purushottam Lamichhane, and computer operator Binod Adhikari. They were deployed for the collection of the voters´ list in the Duipipal VDC since Yesterday.[break]



The CPN-Maoist cadres had attempted to disrupt the collection of voters´ list and captured the documents and equipments used by the team.



The CPN-Maoist cadres called the officials, who took shelter in Jhiltung based Police Office, through telephone call on the pretext of discussion, and they are out of contact since then, said Election Officer at the District Election Office, Sabinraj Dhakal.



However, member of the CPN-Maoist Tamsaling State Committee, Narayan Nepal, said the party had called them for discussion but they did not come into party contact. However, the documents are in the Police Office, Jhiltung.

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