The Nepalese army discovered an IED at Pokhara Airport. The device was found at Gate Number One, some hours after Nepal’s Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa was there. Equally, there is speculation that the incident, which occurred on the same day as other bombings in Nepal, might have been carried out by the Netra Bikra Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal to disrupt Indian PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Nepal