MAOIST OFFICE BEARERS MEET AMID PARTY CRISIS

MAOIST OFFICE BEARERS MEET

Kathmandu, 8 Sept.: Office bearers of UCPN (Maoist) are holding consultations Thursday afternoon amid a public outbreak of differences on the handover of keys to containers with insurgency-era Maoist weapons to a special committee headed ex-officio by the prime minister.
A faction led by First Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya has boycotted the government of Dr. Baburam Bhattarai refusing to send its team in the Maoist-led government.
The group charges Bhattarai and Chairman Prachanda for misleading the party into handover of the keys
for concluding the peace process.
The faction is opposing the handover before completion of the peace process.
Baidya is demanding a apology from the two rivals as a pre-condition for his group to join government.
Thursday’s meeting will address the differences in the party.
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UMLYOUTH CLOSE DOWN CHITWAN

Kathmandu, 8 Sept.: UML youth Thursday closed down central
Chitwan district since Thursday morning.
Youth activists of the party now in opposition closed down the district for the second day after a kurki attack on an activist at Tikuli forest.
Two persons have been arrested for questioning.
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TWO-THIRD OF 47,513 LEGAL NEPALI WORKERS IN KUWAIT WOMEN

Kathmandu, 8 Sept.: Two-third of 47,513 legally working Nepalis in Kuwait are women.
Kuwait’s Department of Immigration forwarded the information to the Nepali embassy in the Gulf emirate.
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CIVIL SERVICE DAY

Kathmandu, 8 Sept. Thursday is being observed as civil service day with the slogan: Service To People. Support To Rule Of Law.
A top official will be rewarded with a Rs.200,000 cash prize.
Education Day is also being observed Thursday.
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CRIME PEAKS WEDNESDAYS IN CAPITAL
Kathmandu, 8 Sept.: In an indication of shift in crime trend, Friday is no longer the most popular crime day in Kathmandu Valley, Navin Adhikari writes in The Kathmandu Post.
Compared to the other days, the weekend eve is safe now with police recording less cases of criminal
activities. Wednesday toppled Friday and gained notoriety as an increasing number of crimes are recorded on
this day.
According to a compiled police record of the last one month, Wednesday tops the crime-chart with 19 criminal cases—15 in Kathmandu and 2
each in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. Sunday is close behind Wednesday with 17 cases.
Friday, the regular crime-chart topper in the past, witnessed only seven criminal incidents during the study period and is now the fourth most popular crime day.
Although the record of this month is yet to be published, officials at Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s Office (MPCO) say this month’s crime record is also showing the same trend. Police say increased patrollings on Friday evenings helped decrease crime on this day.
“A lot of parties and late night events occur on Fridays which lead to clashes in drunken rage and hence the possibility of more crimes,” said MPCO Spokesman SSP Madhav Nepal.
Asked why criminal activities are taking place on other days, he said, “The overall crime rate has in fact decreased, as the records say.”
The breakdown of crime by types of incidents shows physical assault is the most common criminal activity. Valley saw 29 cases of physical assaults in the study period, of which 23 occurred in Kathmandu and 3 each in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. Theft is the second most common form of crime with 18 cases recorded in one month.
In a similar breakdown of crime as per the time, the report says 6 pm to 10 pm is the most unsafe time with 16 cases in the study period. The time between 6 am and 10 am is the safest with only one case of crime in the entire Valley.
An analysis of crime recorded in the last year shows Baisakh is the most crime prone month with 445 incidents, while Shrawan is in the bottom with less than 300 cases. MPCO officials say the statistics will help chart out better security measures.
Lately, an increasing number of goons and miscreants have been booked under the Public Offence Act. Despite this, police, however, are facing public wrath for their inability to zero in
on those protected by political parties and leaders.
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