Butwal,
Feb. 26: A bomb planted at local Pushpalal
Park created panic among
the general public in Butwal town area this morning.
The
bomb was reportedly planted by the CPN Maoist (Revolutionary). It was kept in a
bag at the Pushpalal Park, Ward No. 8 of Butawal Municipality.
Roadside shopkeepers had detected the bag with the bomb at 7 in the morning and
informed the police about it.
Police
cordoned off the area and called in a bomb disposal squad of the Nepalese Army
Bhawani Baks Battalion which defused the
device at about 10 a.m.
Police suspect that the group might have planted the
bomb to show its presence and activities.Further investigation is underway in
this connection, said the police
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