ATMM cadre killed

RAJBIRAJ: Body of Saptari District Coordinator of Akhil Tarai Mukti Morcha Satya Dev Yadav alias Shyam, who was abducted on Saturday was found near Kataiya Power House in Supaul district of India on Wednesday. Cadres of Madhesi Virus Killers had abducted Shyam while

returning from Baripur of India with his aide, Bindu Mandal, who managed to escape. — HNS

Businessman robbed

ITAHARI: Tahir Ansari, a Sunsari based businessman, was robbed in Jalpapur on Thursday morning. An armed gang of three masked men, accosted him while he was on way to his home near a canal and robbed him of Rs 25,000, police said. — HNS

Boy hurt in blast

BHAIRAHAWA: A 10-year-old boy, Prabhu Chaudhari, was critically hurt when a stray bomb exploded while he was playing with it near Durga Temple at Kewatliya in Rupandehi district on Thursday evening, Rupandehi DSP Surendra Bahadur Singh said adding Chaudhari is undergoing treatment at Bhairahawa. — HNS

HIV victim’s campaign

RUPANDEHI: Juna Gyawali, who contracted AIDS from her husband ten years ago, has been working at the Nepal Family Planning Association Rupandehi district branch. “Gyawali has been accomplishing her duties in the HIV/AIDS Control Section like any normal person,” senior manager at the section, Dinesh Kumar Joshi said, while speaking at an interaction organised by the Rupandehi chapter of NFPA, on Thursday. Gyawali said she is engaged in creating awareness about HIV/AIDS to women whose husbands have gone abroad for employment. The programme was organised by the NFPA for the government officials in the district— HNS