Curfew declared in Ghorai

November 26, 2001
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Curfew has been declared in Ghorai in Dang from 9 PM tonight to 5 AM tomorrow, an official announcement said.  Dang district is where the Maoists first attacked Friday night.

In that first attack, 14 soldiers were killed and more than 30 were injured, a dozen seriously, when an army barrack was stormed. Ghorai is 360kms west of the capital. Rebels captured 99 SLRs and ammunition from the barracks.