Son of former prime minister abducted in Nepal

1st NOV 09:59 hrs IST

Former Nepal PM's son abducted - -

Kathmandu: Maoists have abducted Arun Chand, son of former Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, from Kailali district of western Nepal, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said. Chand, Executive Director of Basuling Sugar Mills, was abducted from the compound of the sugar mills in Chuha village of Kailali on Thursday, according to the NHRC. A complaint to this effect was lodged at the commission by Chand's family, four days after the incident. The Commission has urged the Maoists for his unconditional and immediate release. However, Maoists have not claimed responsibility for the incident so far. Meanwhile, the Kantipur reported that a group of about ten Maoists took the ex-prime minister's son away to ''question him''. ''We did not make the incident public hoping that the Maoists would release him soon but it has already been four days and we still don't know his whereabouts,'' the daily quoted family sources as saying. Employees at the mill said the local Maoists leaders have been pressuring the management of the mill to pay outstanding dues to the farmers, the paper said.

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