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NCP chair Dahal decries IED explosion near Baskota's home

NCP chair Dahal decries IED explosion near Baskota's home

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Former prime minister and Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal talking to mediapersons at his residence in Khumaltar, Lalitpur on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Dahal announced that he would be embarking on a six-day India visit, beginning on Thursday. Photo: Dahal's secretariat

KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal has condemned the explosion of improvised explosive device (IED) near the residence of former minister Gokul Prasad Baskota at Bhaktapur, this morning. Issuing a statement, Dahal said, ''I, personally and on behalf of the party, denounce the criminal incident and draw the government's attention towards finding out the guilty and taking a stern legal action against the culprit/s.' An unidentified group exploded a pressure cooker bomb targeting the house of NCP central committee member and House of Representatives (HoR) member Baskota at Lokanthali of Madhyapur Municipality-1. The explosion caused some damage to the infrastructure.