Information About Incident 34299-63916-150849 in Khotang Nepal

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Kantipuronline reports that cadres of the Young Communist League (YCL) on July 29 allegedly attacked and injured a petrol station proprietor with iron rods and khukuri (sharp edged knives) at Birtamode in the Jhapa district.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Birtamode Jhapa
• Matched District: Khotang
• Actgroup: injure
• Actor: cadres of the Young Communist League
• Subject: a petrol station proprietor with iron rods and khukuri ( sharp edged knives ) at Birtamode in the Jhapa district

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Kantipuronline reports that cadres of the Young Communist League (YCL) on July 29 allegedly attacked and injured a petrol station proprietor with iron rods and khukuri (sharp edged knives) at Birtamode in the Jhapa district. Approximately 30 YCL cadres surrounded the Navin Traders and attacked Niraj Giri accusing him of bullying the YCL cadres. Giri''s father Krishna Kumar, who tried to stop the indiscriminate assault, also sustained minor injuries. According to the petrol pump workers, the YCL cadres also looted NR 125,000 from the counter. However, the district YCL unit, issuing an immediate press statement, said that Giri had attacked them when they had gone there for interrogation over an attack by Giri on their district secretary Pushpa Bhandari and accused Giri of keeping gangsters and terrorizing locals with weapons. Meanwhile, police arrested two YCL cadres Sanjay Lama and Raju Limbu and also seized a motorcycle used by them.

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