Communist centre turns in weapons to govt

Hetauda, Nov 16: The underground Maoist Communist Centre-Nepal has surrendered arms and ammunition under its possession to the District Administration Office, Makawanpur, in the presence of government-formed political talks committee coordinator Ananda Prasad Dhungana.

Party chairman DS Mahat handed over the arms and ammunition to coordinator Dhungana on Sunday.

One short machine gun, its magazines, one Mauser gun, 14 pistols, four muzzle loaders, 74 bullets, 41 detonators, three kilogram sulphur and 20 socket bombs were handed over to Dhungana.

On the occasion, Mahat said that the arms were submitted as per the agreement between the government and party held in a talks meeting three months ago.

Likewise, Dhungana expressed confidence that aspirations of the dissident party would be incorporated in the new constitution as per the agreement. RSS