Over 30 buses have been looted in less than a week along the Dhangadi-Dadeldura road. The incidents of looting have been growing in the tarai, and there has been a spurt in armed robberies in the capital. This has already terrorised the people and already there are rumours that they are being perpetrated by the previous regime which wants to discredit the government. The robbers have been going around intimidating their victims claiming to be Maoists, security force personnel or even members of the seven parties.

At a time when there is aceasefire and the political forces are united, such activities jeopardize the peace process. Most importantly, the securityforces should get into action to curb these elements who are out to defame democracy. Whenever a nation is in a transitional phase, anti-establisment forces start hatching conspiracies against the new rulers. In such a situation, the role of the security force becomes imperative to curb such activities bent on weakening the new government. Along with looting and robbery, there have also been attacks on political workers. The people should resist these anti-social elements.