Sankhuwasabha, Nov 5:

Area member of the CPN-Maoist Kul Bahadur Shrestha sustained serious injury last night when he clashed with YCL cadres who teased his daughter on her way to school.

The clash between Shrestha (40) and YCL cadres occurred after the latter teased his daughter in Wana VDC-8, said Shrestha’s brother Lal Kumar said. Both of them had attacked each other with khukuris.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Surya Prasad Upadhyaya said Kul Bahadur was attacked by local Maoist cadres Jitman Rai and Rakesh Shrestha’s group with khukuris.

The attackers had been absconding and they were being searched, he said.

Shrestha has sustained injury in the head and other parts of the body and he is being treated in the district hospital in Khandbari. He has been stitched 22 times, a hospital source said.