Despite pre-election clashes, polls may pass relatively peacefully, observers say

Police say as many as 62 cases of clashes have been reported between April 24 and Tuesday, May 10, but expect violence to subside with the silent period in force.

On May 2, CPN (Maoist Centre) cadres clashed with those from the CPN-UML and Nepali Congress at Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality ward-11 in Rukum East, leaving six people injured. A woman, who was a supporter of the UML-Congress alliance, went missing. The alliance accused the Maoist Centre of abducting her. After eight days, on Tuesday, the body of Junmaya (Dhunthi) Budha was found in a jungle within the rural municipality.