ITAHARI (Sunsari), June 21: A poll candidate was hurt when a group of three persons attacked him at Itahari Sub Metropolitan City-8 in Sunsari last night.
The assailants on a motorcycle intercepted Shyam Pokharel on his way to home in the locality and attacked him with a dau (a kind of knife-like weapon used to mince meat), said police.
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Pokharel has sustained injury to his back in the attack, according to his brother Ram. He is the ward chairman candidate from the Itahari Sub Metropolitan City-9 from the
Rastriya Prajatantra Party .
A search has been launched for the attackers, police said. RSS
