Maoists slit Throat of ex-Nepali PM's cousin

Armed Maoists late Thursday barged into the home of Ramji Thapa in eastern Nepal's Dhankuta district and cut his throat with knives before running off, a police official said.

A relative said he believed the Maoists had deliberately targetted the family, noting that they seized the then premier's country house earlier this year and distributed the land to peasants.

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Thapa, considered a staunch royalist and appointee of King Gyanendra, resigned as prime minister on May 7 as protests mounted, demanding the monarch restore elected rule.