Maoist leader Badal charged

Kathmandu,Aug 15- Maoist leader Ram Bahadur Thapa, alias Badal, and two of his colleagues, Salikarm Jamarkattel and GP Paudel, were charged with murder on Sunday. A government prosecutor filed the case seeking life imprisonment and confiscation of the trio’s property. TheAppellate Government Lawyers’ Office filed the case accusing the trio of killing an assistant headmaster of the Ranibari school, Tika Bahadur KC, last year.