Biratnagar, February 18
Police intervened in preparations for a programme the Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’-led Communist Party of Nepal was organising in Biratnagar of Morang district today and arrested nearly three dozen central leaders and cadres of the party.
After the arrest, the scheduled third national convention of its youth wing, scheduled to begin this afternoon, could not take place.
A cadre of the party, Yugen, says police took them under control claiming they would interrogate them. Whereas some of the arrestees have been kept at the District Police Office, others have been taken to local police stations, according to him.
Meanwhile, DSP Bishnu Hari Koirala at the DPO says they will be released shortly after needful investigation.
Police have been cracking down on the communist outfit’s activities as it has been involved in anti-state campaigns including obstructions to elections.
