Tension reins in Humla's Simikot.SIMIKOT (HUMLA), May 9 -- The Humla district Humla district, a part of Karnali zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Simikot as its district headquarters, covers an area of 5,655 km² and has a population (2001) of 40,595. headquarters, Simikot, is reeling under tension for three days as the UCPN (Maoist) and the ruling Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. It is led by Girija Prasad Koirala.The Nepali Congress is a reform-oriented centrist party, has been in continuous operation since it was founded under a slightly different name in 1947. and CPN-UML failed to find an agreement following a series of clashes between their cadres. An all-party meeting set for Sunday to ease the tension could not be held. Clashes erupted since Friday evening after the NC supporters allegedly thrashed Lokendra Rawat, a Maoist cadre, and inflicted serious injuries on him. As the Maoist and NC cadres, who came from different parts of the district, are still staying here setting up temporary camps, Simikot is gripped in fear of possible clash. The Maoists picketed the district administration office today as per party's protest programme. They played traditional Deuda while picketing the office. Rawat critical Meanwhile, doctors in Nepalgunj have referred a critically injured Rawat to Kathmandu. He was ferried to Nepalgunj as his treatment was not possible in the District Hospital. Published by HT Syndication with permission from EKantipur.com. For more information on news feed please contact Sarabjit Jagirdar at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com Copyright Kathmandu Post brought to you by HT Media Ltd HT Media Ltd Founded in 1924 when its flagship newspaper Hindustan Times was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi, HT Media (BSE, NSE) has today become one of India's largest media companies. With a combined daily circulation of 2.25 million copies and a readership base of 14. . Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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