Maoists fine house owner Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, July 11 - Battisputali area in the capital on Tuesday remained tense for a few hours after a local house owner beat up the Maoist affiliated labourers. Maoist sources claimed that Mahendra Goel, a local resident, had beat up two of their party cadres who were about to paint slogans for the upcoming national conference of the All Nepal Trade Union Federation (Revolutionary) on Goel's compound wall yesterday. Some 3000 Maoist cadres who came in a vehicle picketed Goel's house and chanted slogans against him this morning. The Maoist trade union cadres later imposed a "fine" of Rs 8,900 and made Goel apologize in public. Goel, however, declined to comment on the issue.