There have been more reports of explosions in and around Kathmandu on Saturday. The rebels caused explosions at ward no. 9 office of Lalitpur municipality at Chyasal. They also caused explosion at ward no. 6 office of Kathmandu metropolis at Bouddha.

There are also reports of explosions at Besigaon, Jorpati of Kathmandu. There are no reports of any casualties in these explosions.

There are also unconfirmed reports of explosions at ward offices of ward no. 1 and 2 of Thimi municipality in Bhaktapur district.

According to a Nepalnews correspondent who reached Thankot police post after the incident, Maoist rebels had arrived at the police post in a bus. They were in combat dress. It could not be known how they crossed another security post at Nagdhunga only a few kms away on their way to Thankot.

Thankot is the major overland entry point to Kathmandu.

“All the shops and houses are closed. There is deadly silence. Nobody is out in the street except security personnel and journalists. Security personnel have already launched search operation and are combing the area,” he told us over phone.