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Maoist excesses continue even after signing of historic peace accord

Though the government and Maoist signed the historic comprehensive peace agreement to give peaceful outlet of the Maoist insurgency on Tuesday, Maoists have continued their excesses against the spirit of the accord.

According to The Kathmandu Post daily, a clash occured between Maoists and police at the Madi Area Police Post of Chitwan district on Wednesday.

The disagreement started after Maoists led by Pitambar Poudel, Madi area in charge of the Maoists objected to the return of the police in Basantapur Bazaar without their consent.

A dispute erupted when the Maoists came to the police office and started manhandling personnel, claimed Superintendent of Police Purna Singh Khadka.

In another news report, Maoist cadres, on Wednesday evening forcefully took under control two passenger microbuses from the capital.

In Saptari, Maoist cadres have continued collection of road taxes, the paper adds.

When their other comrades were preparing to go to cantonment sites elsewhere and the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) was already in place, Maoist cadres in Bhardaha of Saptari district, however, was busy collecting “road tax” from vehicles plying along the highway, Wednesday.

The paper quoted Amar, district secretary of the Maoists, as saying that they would continue tax collection until their cadres go to the camp site.

In Parbat, Maoists warned the chief district officer (CDO) of Parbat, Kamal Kant Regmi, not to stop “Maoists’ contractors” from collecting tax on sand and stones in the area.

Maoists have been collecting tax on these goods for the last three months. These were the major local income sources of the district development committee.

“The Maoists who arrived at my residence in the evening used threatening language,” said Regmi.

Meanwhile, a fraternal organization of the Maoists, Samyukta Lrantakari Janaparishad, has asked a person of Banke district to be present in their office for interrogation.

The Maoist summoned Irfan Manihar to be present at their office for clarification on a complaint filed against him at the office.

Manihar filed an application at the regional office of the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal.

The Maoist move comes a day after the government and Maoist agreed not to run any parallel mechanism of the government and government agencies in the historic comprehensive peace accord signed by the government and the Maoists.

In Inurawa, around 500 locals took out rallies at Narsingh of on Tuesday and chased away Maoist cadres from the village, accusing them of trying to “forcibly recruit” children into their militia.

The Maoist cadres, who had come to the village on Sunday, had been influencing local children to join the militia, local Shivram Yadav said.

“The locals protested the presence of the rebels, as the latter still threaten commoners when they should be leaving their weapons in the designated cantonments.

The locals also detained Maoist cadre Rajkumar Mehata of Kaptangunj for around five hours. nepalnews.com pb Nov 23 06

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