Maoists thrash NC workers BY BIRENDRA KC ARGHAKHANCHI, Sept 11 - Violating the past pacts and understanding reached with the government, Maoists have thrashed Durga Bhushal, a Nepali Congress (NC) activist from Balkot VDC, near to death on the charge of not providing donation to them. On Friday evening, while Bhushal was staying in his shop at Jhikhas of Balkot, a group of Maoists arrived and took him away to their party office and beat him for three hours inside a locked room, family members said. "As I refused to donate Rs 25,000 to Maoists, Dipak Baijali alias "Dilip", deputy chief of district people's government of Maoists, thrashed me with a rifle-butt and kicked me and warned of further action against me," he said. He has a swollen face and chest. Similarly, Maoists have issued threats against Bishnu Bhushal, Balkot VDC President of NC and vice-president of Human Rights and Peace Society, Arghakhanchi district, forcing him to resign from his post and join the Maoists by donating all his income to them within 10 days. Denouncing the incidents, NC District Committee said Dilip has been intimidating political activists affiliated to other political parties not to carry out their activities nor criticize Maoists in the district. Posted on: 2006-09-10 22:16:15 (Server Time)