Police have raided the central office of Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) in Balaju, Kathmandu on Wednesday evening.

Dozens of policemen swooped down at the Balaju office of the YCL. Policemen have tightened security presence in and around Balaju.

The police have not yet clarified the reasons for raiding the YCL office. Reports say the police are searching for concealed weapons inside the YCL office.

The police action comes in the wake of reports of attack by YCL cadres against Nepali Congress (NC) activists in north western district of Darchula. In Darchula, YCL cadres also had attacked policemen and seized their weapons.

Meanwhile, YCL valley in-charge Sagar told a television channel that the police action is the first step by the government against the Constituent Assembly (CA) election.

“This step is against the election. There are around 150 policemen in our office and our cadres are surrounding the area,” Sagar told Avenues Television.

Sagar also refuted allegations that weapons are concealed inside YCL office. He added that though the police has asked them to vacate their office, they will never do that. nepalnews.com sd Feb 06 08