Dhangadhi, October 3
An unidentified group on Wednesday morning torched copies of the Kantipur, The Kathmandu Post and Nagarik daily in Attariya bazaar of Kailali district.
Four unidentified people seized stacks of the newspapers from a distribution jeep in Attariya bazaar and set them on fire. The newspapers were brought from Nepalgunj.
The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Kailali branch had condemned the incident and sought stern action against the people involved in the incident. It termed the incident as an attack on press freedom.
