FIVE INJURED IN PANAUTI FIRE Kathmandu, 26 April: Five people were injured and property worth approximately four million rupees was destroyed by fire that broke out at the house of Dhruba Tamrakar at Namobuddha Road, Panauti Municipality-11 last night [Wednesday], RSS reports from Banepa.. A car parked in the garage of the house, a motorcycle, a bicycle shop and household goods were destroyed by the fire, according to the Panauti Police. Forty-eight years old Ratna Shrestha, Sandesh Shrestha, 22, Anil Shrestha, 24 of Panauti Municipality-11 and Shyam Krishna Prajapati, 23,of Panauti Municipality-7 and Prem Bahadur Mijar, 31, of Panauti Municipality-10 were injured while trying to contain the fire. Police said they are out of danger. Nnnn CIAA STARTS INITIAL PROBE OF REPORTS OF RS.9.5B MISUSE OF PLA FUNDS HANDED AS GOVT. DOLE KATHMANDU: Senior officials of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) today delved into alleged misappropriation of billions of rupees that the UCPN-Maoist leadership comprising party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Vice-chairman Baburam Bhattarai resorted to in the name of managing PLA cantonments. “We discussed the matter based on reports. We may take up the issue formally if someone approaches us,” a ranking official shared. According to the official, CIAA Secretary Bhagawati Kumar Kafle sought feedback from joint secretaries, including Ishwori Prasad Paudel, and government attorneys on the issue. The Mohan Baidhya-led faction has accused the party establishment of misappropriating over Rs 3 billion allotted for the PLA. nnnn ANOTHER CACHE OF HIDDEN AMMUNITION FOUND NEAR MAOIST CAMP IN ROLPA Kathmandu, 26 April: Days after police seized a huge cache of ammunitions hidden in a cave from Kailali, yet another big cache of ammunitions were found buried in Gaurigaun of Rolpa on yesterday night [Tuesday], Khem Bahadur Budha reports from Rolpa. . Sources of the Armed Police Force deployed for the security of the Tila-based temporary camp of the Fifth Division said the ammos were found during the search after a local tip-off about the bomb. “When the bomb defusing team dug up in the vicinity over the suspicion of other bombs hidden there, it found ammunitions hidden inside a large tank,” informed Karna Bahadur Gharti, Assistant Sub-inspector of the Nuwa Gaun-based police post. A police team led by Gharti had reached the site after the locals tipped the police over possible bombs buried in their area. Interestingly, ammunitions were found just a kilometre away from the Fifth Division’s Jwar Smriti Brigade, which is taken over by the armed police force ever since combatants of the camp were resettled in Dahaban during the regrouping process about one month back. The armed police force deployed for the security of the camp confirmed the findings saying eight bullets of AT1, about 600 socket bombs, different items used for ambush attacks, coils of wire, three bullets of the TNT revolver, four rifle chargers, as many multi metres, a bullet of INSAS rifle among others were found in the Hill tank in Gairigaun, Basathana. “We found the Hill tank buried wrapped in plastic and inside it the ammunitions also wrapped in plastic,” revealed an armed police man on condition of anonymity. By late night six bombs were defused. With the news of the weapons’ arsenal found hidden, locals had been terrified and taken to the place in hordes. The seized items are now kept at the temporary camp and the journalists have been prohibited to take the photos of them. Meanwhile, police suspect that the found items were hidden during the Maoist insurgency as most of them are rusted. Police are yet to confirm who hid the ammunitions there. nnnn