KATHMANDU: Eight cadres of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Netra Bikram Chand Biplav have been arrested on the charge of abducting a school principal in Sindhuli.
Principal of Bhimsen Lower Secondary Schhol at Tilpungadada of Tinpatan rural municipality-8 Narayan Bhandari was kidnapped while he was handing scholarships Saturday morning.
Chief of Sindhuli Police SP Ranju Sigdel said they arrested Pratima Pariyar, 20, of Simalchowk in Dharan sub-metropolitan city-6 Saturday itself and rounded up seven more Sunday evening.
“We arrested one on Saturday and seven Sunday evening. They are being brought to the District Police Office,” SP Sigdel stated.
Police had also recovered some explosives in possession of Pariyar.
A police team including personnel from the District Police Office had rescued Bhandari from Khanipakha forest of Layo village.
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