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Kathmandu Tuesday December 04, 2001 Marga 19, 2058.
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Bomb in carpet showroom kills one, two more go off
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 3 – A powerful bomb exploded in a Tibetan carpet showroom
at Ekantkuna in Lalitpur district late Monday afternoon, killing one and critically
injuring three others.
According to the accounts given to the officials of the Department of
National Investigation (NID) by the owner of the showroom, Pema Wangyal, some disgruntled
employees, who were sacked from service some two weeks ago, were behind the blast.
One of the shutters of Wangyal’s showroom, Classic Handmade Tibetan
Carpets, was unhinged and there is a big hole where the bomb made its maximum impact.
Glass splinters could be seen scattered on the street. The blast that occurred at 4.50
p.m. was so strong that the window-panes of a three-storied building on the other side of
the street were also shattered.
Wangyal, says police officials, accused two of her former employees, Ram Rai
and Subodh Singh Syangden, of orchestrating the blast. These two allegedly are the
"leaders" of the 22 employees who were fired from the Bungamati factory of
Wangyal some two weeks ago.
According to family sources, two other former employees, asked the showroom
workers to keep a bag, saying it contained some brittle stuff, and left immediately. When
one of the employees, Chintamani Timilsina, 38, tried to take the bag out, the bomb went
off and Timilsina died on the spot. Two other employees, Chhiring Lama, 30, and Palmo
Lama, 19, were injured. A child on the street was also injured. Witnesses said that the
blast tore apart Chhiring Lama’s leg while he was trying to run away.
Army personnel too had arrived at the scene and were seen making enquiries.
Meanwhile suspected Maoists hurled a bomb at the car of Mahesh Man Shrestha,
Secretary at the Ministry of Science and Technology, while his driver was going to pick
him up. No one was injured in the strike that took place at Natur, Lalitpur.
Similarly, suspected Maoist terrorists also hurled a bomb at the residence of
Deputy Superintendent of Police Kedar Rijal at Kalanki this evening. According to local
police, the bomb caused minor damages, but no casualty was reported.
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