| A Nepal Telecommunications Corporation tower 90 kilometres north-west of Kathmandu, was destroyed in an attackby Maoist rebels. A group of about 40 to 50 rebels threatened two security guards at the tower with their lives and bombed the repeater tower after the two ran away. A suspected Maoist, Pitamber Pant, a resident of Nepal, was arrested by Indian police while he was trying to cross the border. He will be handed over to the Nepalese authorities. |