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NCP chair Prachanda decries IED explosion near Baskota's home



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Kathmandu, Mar. 11: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has condemned an explosion of improvised explosive device (IED) near the private residence of former Minister Gokul Prasad Baskota at Bhaktapur this morning.

In a press statement today, the former Prime Minister said an unidentified group exploded a pressure cooker bomb targeting the house of NCP central committee member and House of Representatives (HoR) member Baskota at Lokanthali of Madhyapur municipality-1 and the explosion caused damage in the house.

''I, personally and on behalf of the party, denounce the criminal incident and draw the government's attention towards finding out the guilty and taking a stern legal action against the culprits."