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Kathmandu Wednesday May 30, 2001 Jestha 17, 2058.
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Rastriya
Banijya Bank in Bhaktapur vandalised
BHAKTAPUR, May 29 (RSS)- The callers of the bandh (closure)
the main opposition party CPN-UML and other left parties have in the second day of the
three-day general strike vandalised the Rastriya Banijya Bank at Sukuldhoka in Bhaktapur
district.
A group of 30 - 35 agitators entered the bank from the back
door and manhandled the office chief and staffs and threatened to close the bank.
They also broke chairs, fans and the front windows.
Similarly, the callers of the bandh also smeared black to
chief of the Land Reform Office Baikuntha Prasad Poudel, brought him out of the office and
closed the office. They also smeared black on Nepal Electricity Authority staff.
During the bandh, the Land Tax Office at Byasi was also
damaged by pelting stones.
A Bhaktapur Red Cross ambulance which was heading for Bir
Hospital from Bhaktapur was also damaged by pelting stones.
The ambulance with the plate No. Ba. A. Yan. 9642 which was
carrying a patient was pelted with stones at Jadibuti and driver Sanubhai Thapa was hit by
the stone.
The agitators also forcefully closed the offices by pasting
pamphlets calling for making the general strike a success in various organisations,
offices, carpet industries and shops.
According to the District Police Office no untoward
incident has happened and law and order maintained.
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