Young Communist League, the youth wing of the Maoist Party, has announced that it will help the government arrest criminals, as part of its wider campaign to create a peaceful environment for the writing of a ‘pro-people constitution’. The Himalayan Times reports:

The YCL today announced an exposure campaign against murder, kidnapping, prostitution, women and drug trafficking, gender violence, anomalies in society, caste-based discrimination, inflation and black market, artificial shortages of commodities and help the administration book culprits involved in murders, corruption and other criminal activities.

It will also launch a campaign against unemployment, victims of foreign employment and problems created due to “unscientific policy” of the government on health and educational issues.

The report did not specify how ‘scientific’ YCL’s investigative methods would be.

In other news, six children were hurt in a bomb blast in Sunsari. The Himalayan Post writes:

At least six children were injured when a bomb exploded in front a health post at Ramgunj, in Belgadiya, Sunsari district on Tuesday. Tarai Janatantrik Mukti Morch has claimed responsibility for the attack.

On Monday another armed outfit, Janatantrik Tarai Madhesh Mukti, detonated a bomb at the house of a VDC official in Nawalparari. Police said the bomb might have been planted because the official was unable to give a donation to the group as demanded.

A new twist in Jamim Shah’s case: Nepal Police has said a suspect in the killing of the media entrepreneur may have been an Indian security official. Republica reports:

Nepal Police are investigating the possible involvement of an Indian policeman in two high-profile murders in Nepal including the Jamim killing.

A Nepal Police official told myrepublica.com that they have asked Uttar Pradesh Police whether one Waqar Saiyyad is a constable in their ranks.

Police reached the conclusion that Saiyyad was involved in the murder of media entrepreneur Jamim Shah in Kathmandu on February 7 and of Indian national Shaukat Beg, who was said to have a criminal background in India and had settled in Kapilvastu with a Nepali wife. Beg was killed in Butwal on January 1.