A bomb was hurled targeting a Nepali Congress candidate of State Assembly 'Kha' of Dang Constituency-2, Bharat Bahadur Neupane, on Monday.

The improvised explosive device was hurled at a vehicle (Ra 1 Ja 612) that Neupane was travelling in at Sakram at 4:15 pm. He was en route to the district headquarters from Chhilikot of Tulasipur Sub-Metropolitan City-19.

The IED exploded some distance away from the vehicle. No casualty was reported in the incident, according to Nepali Congress, Dang. RSS