A bomb went off at Sakhuwagachi of Inaruwa, Sunsari district, where senior Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba was attending a mass meeting organised by the NC Saturday afternoon.
The blast occurred few hundred metres away from the programme venue, injuring an 8-yr-old girl, reports said. She has been admitted at a local hospital in Inaruwa for treatment.
The Madhesi Mukti Tigers (MMT) has claimed responsibility for the blast that was apparently meant to terrorise the people participating in the mass meeting.
The Jwala Singh faction of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) had called a shutdown strike in the area to disrupt the programme.
Last Saturday, the MMT had carried out a series of small blasts in Inaruwa targeting senior NC leaders including acting president Shushil Koirala. However, no human casualty had taken place in that the bomb attack. nepalnews.com mk Feb 02 08