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Maoists Captured Dolpa district HQ

Kathmandu, Nepal/ Sept 25 - The people's guerrilla army attacked government and police offices in Dunai Bazaar, the district headquarters of Dolpa, killed14 policemen and left 40 injuring policemen. Twelve policemen guarding the local jail were still reported missing.

The office of the Chief District Officer, the district police headquarters, Land revenue office, the district jail, the Land reform office(working in favour of feudal and landlords) and several government-owned offices were destroyed in the attack.

The captured of prison and freed of prisoners

The people's guerrillas army also destroyed the local jail with grenades, socket bombs and pipe bombs, making free 17 prisoners. Twelve of them returned to the police headquarters and gave themselves up. But whereabouts of 12 jail guards who were missing is remaining unknown. Five of the prisoners who were trapped in forged charges were went away with guerrilla army.

About Rs.60 million captured in a Bank raid

The only the bank in the district, the branch of Nepal Bank Limited was captured by the guerrillas at about 3.00 O'clock Monday morning on 25^th of September. The guerrillas at first destroyed three offices and buildings chief district administrative office, district police headquarter and jail then they brought the manager of bank and the chief cashier from their residence to the bank and seized all the cash and ornament there of. Just a last evening Rs.35 millions of cash was brought in to the Dunai from the regional branch of state bank to pay the government officials. About Rs.10 millions cash was deposited by the foreign projects (so-called development projects) and some ornaments deposited there. They also set fire on the loan negotiation papers. Altogether according to the news papers reports referred to the bank and police authorities about Rs.60 millions of cash and ornaments they seized. It is noteworthy that the Maoists returned the hundreds of people's deposited ornaments about a month ago which was captured during the last year's raid without taking interest only with the main amount.

Seizure of weapons and armaments

In the beginning, the Guerrillas attacked at the same time in district police headquarter, the office of the chief district officers and the jail. The battle continued until 6.30am. from 12.45am. Still Monday evening, some of the destroyed offices were smouldering in the fire that began when the people's guerrillas blasted them with hand-made "grenades" and bombs. From the prison and district police headquarter they seized the weapons and ammunition thereof. They also captured the weapons of the guards of the chief district officer. According to the reports coding to the police sources 14 rifles, 7 shotguns, 1 revolver,1 gas gun and communication sets thereof captured by the Guerrilla Army. They also seized those weapons of prison guards who are missing still. The guerrillas also captured 2 American made rifles and a gun with ammunition from the bank security guards.

Who were in the district police HQ

According to the chief district officer and some ministers and MPs reporting in mainline media, they had previous information of Maoist attack which they informed to the home ministry and police headquarter. Just before 8 hours the attack about 50 special commandos recently trained by the army were reached in the Dunai district police headquarter. It is also reported that the home ministry was received information that there are only 8 Maoists. But police reports saying there were more than 1000 Guerrillas in attacked. Just 3 kilometres near of the fighting spot a Royal army barrack is situated. But the two bridges to come Dunai also destroyed by the guerrillas the same time when the attack stated.

Among the killed are a assistance inspector, 2 sergeants and 11 policemen. Three of them were killed at the office of the chief district officers and others 10 were killed in police district HQ. One was died in police hospital at Kathmandu. There are several injured who might already died and may waiting the long way. At the time of attack there were about 200 policemen in Dunai. Even the government received pre-information but not maintained to protect themselves. It is far to counter attack. It shows the in a certain level the all the other measures have been defeated except remaining Royal army by the guerrillas. It well known that the government wanted to mobilise the army since 1998.

Just after a week of the announcement of government against the "terrorist" the people's guerrilla army attacked in Dunai. Before the attack the guerrillas informed that evening all the neighbours not to come out from their house. The people not only obeyed but helped by giving the shelters and other neccessary informations and things during, before and after the attack. It shows the police is not popular and excluded from the people and guerrillas are getting support from the masses. This is the burning reality even the government is saying that they wanted to create peace and security by killing innocent civilian wheather they can not fight with the people's army in real fight even they got information 5 days before the attack.

The secretary general of CPN (Maoist) Comrade Prachanda issued a press statement the next evening and informed that they wanted to sit in dialogue but the government instead of create conducive atmosphere started state terror and killings, disappearances and police reppression, so they are forced to resist. The consequences of these conditions should taken by the government. He asked other parties to pressurise the government and to come into unite to fight the fascist Girija government.

HRPWN-JP