Combatants from the PLA cantonments at Shaktikhor and Jutpani attacked locals who were playing dice at the shop of one Kajiman Tamang at Nayabasti, Kumari VDC-3 on Saturday evening. Six locals were injured in the assault.[break]
According to the Area Police Office, Khanikhola, 66-year-old Suryaman Tamang, his son 45-year-old Lalitjan Tamang, 38-year-old Kajiman Tamang, 58-year-old Ammar Bahadur Tamang, 32-year-old Manoj Gurung and 35-year-oldKaji Gurung have been seriously injured.
They were rescued by locals and have been taken to the Bir Hospital in Kathmandu for treatment. Police said they have been fatally injured.
The PLA combatants again attacked the locals on Sunday morning when they were discussing the Saturday evening´s sudden attack by the armed Maoist combatants.
Forty-year-old Raj Kumar Tamang of Kumari VDC-3, Nuwakot district and 19-year-old Samir Gurung and 29-year-old Raju Gurung of Kebalpur VDC- 5, Dhading district, were injured in the Sunday morning´s attack. They have been taken to Kathmandu for treatment, according to locals.
Locals and the victims say that the Maoist combatants attacked them with muzzle-loader, Khukuris and socket bombs.
A police team from the Khanikhola police office reached the Kumari VDC on Sunday morning and took the situation under control as the Nuwakot police could not reach there due to the remoteness of the place from the Nuwakot district headquarters.
Police have arrested 32-year-old Lila Bahadur Tamang and 23-year-old Chandra Tamang from the incident site. Lila Bahadur is the platoon commander of the fifth battalion of the PLA Third Division Dineshramji Memorial Brigade while Chandra is the vice commander of the Third Battalion A company under the PLA Third Division. Both are residents of Kumari VDC-3.
Police also apprehended 20-year-old Raju Tamang, 16-year-old Hira Tamang and 21-year-old Lila Tamang with weapons from the spot.
The security personnel also confiscated two socket bombs, one muzzle-loader, Khukuris, daggers, combat fatigues, the PLA identity card belonging to Chandra Tamang, documents on strategic plans and training certificates hidden near the Kolpukhola stream on the border between Dhading and Nuwakot districts.
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