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Nine Indian vehicles set ablaze in Nepal

KATHMANDU, APRIL 4. Maoist rebels set ablaze nine Indian vehicles, including eight tankers, and opened fire at three Indian nationals this morning, hours after they bombed the house of the Home Minister, Kamal Thapa, in Nepal.

The rebels fired at three occupants of an Indian truck before setting afire the vehicle in Rupandehi district, 300 km west of Kathmandu, police said.

The truck owner, the driver and the cleaner suffered bullet wounds when they were attacked by the rebels while they were unloading goods from Rajasthan on a highway at Parsari village at 5.30 am, an official at the District Police Office said.

The injured were admitted to the Bhairahawa Medical College and they are out of danger. Police have launched a hunt to nab those involved.

— ANI

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