DHANGADHI, Oct 24: Local farmers on Friday obstructed vehicular movement at Gulara along the East-west Highway for an hour. They demanded that the Maoist cadres, who have been accused of looting paddy grown in their fields of local farmers, be brought to book.
The locals have accused 12 Maoist cadres of looting paddy grown in over 11 bighas of land belonging to four local farmers in Chuha and Hasuliya VDCs of Kailali district on Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon.
Hundreds of farmers from Baliya, Pratpur, Chuha, Dododhara and Kota Tulsipur VDC participated in the protest. They have asked the government to take action against the guilty and provide compensation to the victims.
The farmers claimed that the Maoist combatants, who are supposed to remain inside UN-monitored cantonments, were among those involved in the incident.
On the other hand, the Maoists have claimed that the looted paddy was distributed to freed kamaiyas (bonded laborers), landless squatters and flood-hit people.
About 200 Maoists had loaded the paddy onto tractor trailers and took it away from fields belonging to Shankarman Bohara, Khem Raj Pandey, Prem Dhungana and Khadak Bir Chaudhary. The Maoists had locked up the farmers inside their own houses while loading the paddy onto the tractors
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The law and order situation of nepal is now a growing challenge for all the stakeholders seeking peace and stability in Nepal. The violation of law from the politically affiliated personnels is getting worse these days. The worst part is that they escape unpunished, regardless the seriousness of the crime. The prevailing lawlessness has engulfed the desire of public to live in a country of peace in Justice.
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