POKHARA, Dec 9: A student on Thursday hurled a shoe at the Naya Shakti Party Nepal Coordinator and former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai at a function in Pokhara.
The incident took place when Bhattarai was attending a function organized by the party’s sister organization at Prithvi Narayan Campus. The shoe did not reach Bhattarai.
Shoe thrown at Naya Shakti Party Coordinator Bhattarai
According to students, the person hurling the shoe has been identified as Sanjiv Bhattarai, a Master’s Degree student of PN Campus. Police have taken the assailant under control. He had also shown Bhattarai a black flag, according to police inspector Kishor Lamsal of Bagar Police Post.
“The politicians have destroyed the country and Baburam Bhattarai is also one of them,” police quoted the assailant as saying.
Sanjiv, who hails from Narayanpur VDC-7 of Kailali, is a student of MA in Economics at PN Campus.
Despite the brief disturbance, Bhattarai continued to address the function for over 15 minutes.
