On 15 November 2010, Sushil Dhungana, publisher of Ghodaghodi Sandesh weekly, was abducted by five persons on motorcycles from Naya Bazar of Sadhepani while returning to Sukkhad from Sadhepani and taken to jungle. "You have become a big journalist. Now you will enjoy," Dhungel quoted the men as saying before thrashing him and slicing his fingers. He had published news on Sunday highlighting the increasing smuggling and corruption in the district. Sushil had published an article on 14 November 2010 entitled "Smuggling and Commission Seeking Up", highlighting the increasing smuggling and corruption in the district. Dhungana was abducted at 3:00 p.m. and was released at around 6:00 p.m. According to him, three of the assailants riding motorcycles were wearing masks so it was difficult to identify them. The abductors threatened to kill Dhungana if the incident was made public. He informed his colleagues about the incident only after reaching Dhangadhi, the captial of Kailali district in western Nepal, on 16 November. "We have filed a case at the District Police Office in Kailali, asking them to investigate the incident as soon as possible," local journalist Dirgharaj Upadhyay told the Press Freedom Monitoring Desk of Freedom Forum over the phone. "We urged security forces not to keep any stone unturned in connection with the incident."