Funniest thing was Prachanda said that "YCL will stop the atrocities". Just a few hours later YCL assulted businessmen at Baitadi.
YCL men at it again; over a dozen traders roughed up in Baitadi
Khodpe
Bazaar of Baitadi district, far-western Nepal, remained tense
throughout the day on Saturday with local traders protesting the
physical attack on them by the members of the Maoist-aligned Young
Communist League (YCL) last night.
Nearly a dozen
businessmen were ruthlessly beaten up by YCL men last night for
organising a vehicle strike in protest against the YCL atrocities.
Quoting local police officials, reports said the YCL men barged into
the houses of businessmen and assaulted them.
Mohan
Kunwar, Raj Bahadur Bhandari, Ram Singh Bista, Mohansingh Bista, Uttam
Air and Shiv Raj Bhatta were among those injured in the YCL attack.
The
YCL cadres beat up few more businessmen this afternoon who were
organising a protest against the manhandling of a dozen people.
Marketplaces and vehicular transport remained closed in Khodpe Bazaar from early morning.
Just
a few hours before the Khodpe Bazaar incident, Maoist chairman
Prachanda was talking to media persons saying he had already dictated
the YCL ranks to stop violent activities.
The
Maoist central committee meeting, which began in Kavre today, is also
expected to take up these issues and send a strong directive to the YCL
members to correct their behavior.
