TWO TRADERS ROBBED IN LAMJUNG
Kathmandu, 30 July: Rs. 80,000 has been looted from two businessmen reaching Archalbot of Lamjung district by a group led by one identifying himself as member of the Tamuwan State Committee of the UCPN-Maoist Rabindra Adhikari,
police said, RSS reports fromLamjung..
Adhikari, Pratap Lamichhane and Tikaram BK looted the money from two Madhesi businessmen who reached Archalbot for business.
Bijaya Jaiswal and Natthu Mahato who went to the village after buying stationary from Bhoteodar were robbed of their Rs. 82,000, and one set of mobile, and they filed petition at the Area Police Office Bhoteodar on Sunday saying the three including Adhikari looted them on Saturday.
Police arrested all the three and enquired, and as Adhikari returned mobile and assured to return the amount in three days, they were released on general bail.
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KABIRAJ ANANDA KUMAR SHRESTHA DEAD
Kathmandu, 30 July: Former chairman of Nepal Ayurved Samsha
Kabiraj Ananda Kumar Shrestha died.
He was 90.
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MORE THAN 230 ESCAPE IN PAKISTAN JAILBREAK
Kathmandu, 30 July: More than 230 prisoners including hardcore militants escaped late Monday after Taliban insurgents armed with mortars and rocket propelled grenades attacked a prison in northwest Pakistan , officials said., AFP reports from Peahwar.
At least 12 people including four policemen were killed and seven others wounded in the brazen attack in Dera Ismail Khan, senior government official Mushtaq Jadoon told private TV channel ARY News.
"A total of 243 prisoners have escaped, six of them were later arrested by police," he said, adding that "30 among the escaped prisoners were hardcore militants".
The attack targeted the Central Prison in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, close to the lawless tribal regions bordering Afghanistan where Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents are active.
Jadoon said militants had planted dozens of explosive devices in the jail and 14 of them had so far been defused.
"Police and other law enforcing agencies are busy in clearing the jail," he said.
Authorities have imposed a curfew in the city and asked the residents to stay at home.
"Through media, we appeal to the people to stay at homes. It is to avoid any damages if army, police and paramilitary take any action," he added.
Jadoon said around 50 to 60 militants managed to enter the jail as others fired rockets from outside.
"First they destroyed a police armoured vehicle parked at the front gate," Jadoon said, adding that two policemen were killed in this rocket attack.
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