Maoists kidnap NC leader, whereabouts of abducted journo still unknown

A district-level leader of Nepali Congress (NC) has been abducted along with his two brothers and a nephew by Maoist cadres.

According to NC, Ashok Karki, former secretary of Okhaldhunga District Working Committee, along with his brothers Rana Bahadur and Dhan Bahadur and nephew, has been abducted.

The party has condemned the abduction and demanded their immediate safe release and action against the culprits.

Meanwhile, even after 20 days have passed since his abduction, the whereabouts of journalist Birendra Shah of Bara district remains unknown.

Even after the parliamentary panel, which included a Maoist MP as a member, concluded that Shah was abducted by local Maoist cadres including its area in-charge Lal Bahadur Chaudhary, Shah's whereabouts could not be traced. nepalnews.com sd Oct 25 07