NA defuses bomb planted in UML mayoral candidate's residence

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Published: 02:48 pm Jun 24, 2017

Nepal Army's bomb disposal team detonate the explosives during the local elections in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Sunday, May 14, 2017. Two explosive devices were planted across from a candidate's house. Nepalis are voting on Sunday for representatives in municipal and village councils for the first time in two decades, a sign that the country's fractious democracy may be stabilising. Photo: RSS

NAWALPARASI: Nepal Army defused a bomb planted in the residence of a CPN-UML mayoral candidate, Dhiraj Sharma, of Bardaghat Municipality in the district on Saturday. A bomb disposal team mobilised from the Bajradal Battalion recovered the bomb outside Sharma's house and defused it, informed police. Ffurther investigation is underway.

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NA defuses bomb planted in UML mayoral candidate's residence