Province Minister Basnet visits victims of Pokhara bomb blast

POKHARA: Minister Ram Sharan Basnet today visited the Gandaki Medical College in Pokhara to take health updates of journalist Ghanshyam Pandey, who was injured in a bomb blast at Chauthe of Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolis-14, on Tuesday afternoon.

The blast took place during the Nepal bandh organised at the call of Biplab-led Nepal Communist Party.

Pandey, journalist with the Radio Gandaki and Gandaki Television, sustained head and neck injuries in the incident.

Minister Basnet also acquired information about health condition of policeman Khul Bahadur Khatri of temporary police post Chauthe who was injured along with Pandey. He is also receiving the treatment at the same health facility.