KATHMANDU, MAY 02 - UCPN (Maoist) lawmaker Jhakku Prasad Subedi has been slapped twice outside the Kantipur Publications at Tinkune in the Capital on Monday.

The slapper, identified as Premraj Devkota of Gaikur VDC-8 in Gorkha district, has been taken into custody after he vented his ire at the lawmaker for the delay in drafting the new constitution.

He has been running a teashop at Tinkune, Kathmandu.

 "When will you draft the constitution?" Devkota, who is usually polite with his customers, shouted at Subedi and slapped him twice before the witnesses intervened and dragged him away.

"He [Devkota] asked me when you would write the constitution," Subedi told the reporters following the incident. "I assured him of constitution promulgation and told him to be patient and he slapped me on my both cheeks."

Subedi said that he had already informed about the incident to Maoist chief whip Post Bahadur Bogati. However, party Chairman is unknown about the incident as he was busy in a meeting, he added.

 “I am not afraid to die but I won’t spare anyone who tortures people,” said relatively calm Devkota after the incident.