location: Kathmandu
notes: Unified CPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the leader of an alliance that called a bandh today (21/01), became the target of the demonstrators who were in their all-out bid to enforce the strike. Just as Dahal's security personnel neared a group of demonstrators, the latter, reportedly not being able to recognise Dahal's security, launched an attack on the personnel at Bijuli Bazaar, forcing Dahal to abandon his planned address to a mass meeting. APF Sub-Inspector Manoj Thapa was injured. He has received an injury on his head. UCPN-M leader Janardan Sharma also sustained injury on his head during the scuffle between the demonstrators and security forces. He was rushed to Norvic Hospital.
target_text: location: Kathmandu, fatalities: 0