KATHMANDU, March 1: A man hurled shoes on the chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party Pushpa Kamal Dahal at City Hall in the capital on Sunday, shortly after he addressed a public event.
However, Dahal narrowly escaped the shoe attack at around 4 PM. The incident took place when the former prime minister was coming back to his seat after making a speech at the program organized to mark the 1st death anniversary of communist leader Bharat Mohan Adhikari.
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It is learnt that the person who hurled shoes on Dahal was Ratan Tiruwa, 22, from Jumla. Tiruwa is son of a former Maoist combatant.
The police have already arrested him and kept at Singh Durbar Police Circle. The police have launched a probe into the incident.
