Communist party of Nepal (Maoist)

Central Committee

Press Statement

The Indian police has arrested some carders and leaders including the Central Committee members of our Party Comrade Kul Prasad KC, Comrade Lokendra Bista, Comrade Kumar Dahal, Comrade Hitbahadur Tamang Comrade Anil Sharma, Central Advisory Committee member Comrade Chitra Bahadur Shrestha while coming to Patna the capital of Bihar state of India in relation to the Party work and physical treatment. Our Party, having denouncing the arrest against those revolutionaries who have been fighting against the feudal autocrats for the real democracy, forcefully urges the immediate release of them. The Indian state, which boasts of democracy has exposed itself its anti-people character by arresting time and again the fighters taking positions against autocratic feudal monarchy. Our Party urges the pro-people political forces, intellectual personalities, human right organisations and associations and broad masses of the people of the both countries to raise their voices for the security, respect and release of those arrested revolutionaries and against the autocratic activities of Nepalese and Indian ruling classes.

21 Jesth 2061

3 June 2004

s/d

Prachanda

Chairman

CPN (Maoist)