Pokhara, May 11
An unidentified gang hurled a petrol bomb on a jeep used by the Nepali Congress in electioneering at the Bijayapur Bridge in Pokhara Lekhanath Metropolitan City of Kaski district on Thursday.
The attack, however, did not incur any loss to the vehicle (Ba 3 Kha 1843), according to police.
Police have suspected that Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’-led CPN Maoist, which has been carrying out anti-election activities across the nation, might have hurled the bomb.
However, no one has been arrested so far, according to DSP Khadga Bahadur Khatri, spokesperson at the District Police Office.
Meanwhile, police have beefed up security arrangements in the city after the attack whereas the search for the suspects is on.
