Rautahat, Mar. 30 :The cpn- uml has  protested and  expressed regret over  the incident of arson and raid by an armed terrorist group engaged in Maoist activities at the house of Minister of State for Forest and Soil Conservation Mohammad Aftaf Alam at Rajpur Farahadawa in Rautahat district on Tuesday night.

A  press statement published today by the party says that  the party has at its 34th central committee meeting declared the  activities of the Maoists as  extreme leftist and terroristic.

The party has expressed anguish over the police inaction in tracing the terrorists despite efforts of the local people  even though the police office was very near to the spot.

Likewise, the party has protested and demanded immediate release of   nine persons including its  district committee deputy secretary who was   arrested without   warrant  because of political prejudice.

Similarly, the statement also demands  that the culprits be arrested and stern  action taken against them.

Condemning the kidnapping of its elected Ilaka No.8  member Jaya Prakash Kaushal, the statement says that he was kidnapped  in a government vehicle by 10 unidentified gunmen in the presence of the administrative officer from the ddc premises in broad daylight today.