Besides Basnet, the FNJ chapter lodged the complaint of attempted murder against Rohit Koirala, Biratnagar in-charge of the YF, and Manoj Rai, who earlier worked as Basnet´s chauffer.[break]
Among the accused, police have already arrested Koirala, while Basnet and Rai are still at large. "We have mobilized the police with strict instructions to arrest them and we are hopeful they will be nabbed immediately," said Superintendent of Police Thakurram Bartaula, district police chief in Morang.
The FNJ district chapter had earlier submitted a memorandum to Chief District Officer Suresh Adhikari, demanding action against the three who are behind the attack.
Deputy Inspector General Binod Singh, chief of the eastern regional police office, said the culprits will not be spared under any excuse. "We will take strong action against the guilty no matter who they are," he said.
Dhakal was seriously wounded when a group under instructions from Basnet attacked him brutally at 10 pm Sunday. Kicked and punched and pounded with bricks, Dhakal sustained serious injuries to the nose, head and chest.
Basnet and his friends had objected seriously to a news report by Dhakal about an incident in which a group led by Basnet attacked a murder-accused, Abhishek Giri, when the latter was being taken to Morang district court on Wednesday. Giri is serving a prison term at the eastern regional jail.
Seriously wounded Dhakal is undergoing treatment at Nobel Hospital, Biratnagar.
Meanwhile, various organizations have condemned the attack on Dhakal. The FNJ Sunsari district chapter, Nepal Press Union, Morang, Revolutionary Journalists´ Association Morang, Press Chautari Morang and Press Union Sunsari have all condemned the attack. Similarly, district chapters of the UCPN (Maoist) and Nepali Congress have also condemned it.
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