Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion at Nilam Hotel in Dhangadi of Kailali Thursday evening.
Issuing a press statement on Friday, Seti-Mahakali bureau incharge of the party Nirman has stated that party cadre Ram Bahadur Singh (Rajesh) has been killed in the explosion.
The statement claims that Singh was killed when the explosives he was carrying for 'self-defense' went off near Shahid Gate in Dhangadi. Singh had suffered serious injuries in his back and legs. He breathed his last at Maya Metro Hospital, Dhangadi Thursday night.
Promoter of the hotel Keshav Raj Pandey, Laxman Serela, Jitendra Yadav and Movin Khan, who sustained injuries in the explosion, are currently undergoing treatment.