On 25 March 2013, Mr. Kedar Dahal, actively working in the sector of child rights and currently a Secretary of the Child NGO Federation Nepal as well as a Freedom Forum executive member, was attacked by an unknown gang with khukuri (homemade weapons) near his home at Dakshindholka of Jorpati, Kathmandu. Following the attack, the police arrested six persons, including an individual named Kishor Bhattarai, and the authorities have been investigating the murder attempt. The arrested persons reportedly belong to the Youth Force, a sister wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), and members of the Force are exerting political pressure to ensure that the criminal charges against their cadres are lifted. By the end of March, Dahal was still facing threats to his security, and his family members were also receiving threats from criminal gangs.