Nepal police arrest man who hurled shoe at Nepali leader Prachanda

Mar 02, 2020

Kathmandu (Nepal), Feb 02 (ANI): Nepal police arrested a 22-year-old man who flung shoe at the ruling Nepal Communist Party chairperson, Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda", during a public function on Sunday. It was not immediately clear why the youth, who hailed from remote mountainous Jumla district, threw the shoe. Party leaders said Prachanda, a former Nepal prime minister, narrowly escaped the shoe attack. The incident took place when Prachanda was coming back to his seat after addressing the event organised to mark the 1st death anniversary of communist leader Bharat Mohan Adhikari. The youth, a son of a former Maoist combatant, has been arrested and kept at Singh Durbar Police Circle.