This news is about Retaliation against MAOISTS' ATROCITIES. People start retaliating Maoist excesses; seven injured Irate by the continuous excesses of the Maoists, local people of Sarlahi vandalized two barriers at Ranijung area of the district put by the Maoists for collecting taxes from the vehicles plying at the street. Local vandalized the barriers and chanted slogans against Maoists, protesting the Maoist’s act of taking into control a local youth and beaten him seriously in the charge of consuming alcohol on Tuesday. The locals also warned Maoists not to collect any form of taxes in the area and also warned of dire consequences if they did not obey. In another incident, seven people including four Maoists were injured, when villagers protesting the Maoist atrocities clashed with the Maoists in eastern Jhapa district on Tuesday evening, radio reports said. Three locals and four Maoists were injured, when a group of 15 Maoists attacked locals, who were protesting against Maoist excesses at Kumari bazaar of the district. The villagers taken into control four Maoists injured in the incident. In yet another incident local people of Situwa bazaar of Dhankuta district organized Situwa bazaar bandh (Shut-down) and also blocked the Koshi highway protesting the Maoist excesses. They protested the rebels move to take into control people playing cards in Tihar festival and confiscating money from them. Maoist cadre Binaya was injured, when local people beaten him at Kakadbhitta, after the rebels misbehaved at the Dhaka hotel. Maoists have been continuing their excesses like extortion, abduction, murder and collection of donations despite the ceasefire code of conduct signed by them and various agreements reached wit the ruling seven party alliance. Maoist leadership however refutes such reports of Maoist excesses saying it is against the party policy, but they remained indifferent from the acts of their cadres. nepalnews.com pb Oct 25 06