But Sher Bahadur Hamal from Khailad in Kailali could not use the tractor, nor could he keep his land. Maoist cadres seized his land and property in 2001 and forced him to leave the village.

The amount Hamal owes the bank has now more than doubled, thanks to interest: Rs. 1.5 million. He is having a hard time even managing two square meals a day for his family of nine and educating his children in Dhangadhi, headquarters of Kailali.

He is worried over the additional responsibility of shouldering his son's--who recently completed his SLC examination--higher education.

After being displaced from the village seven years back, he took up labor work to feed his family and educate his children. If he had agreed to join CPN (Maoist) party and openly voted for the party -- a demand he alleges the Maoists made of him -- he would have already got back his property. But he did not comply.

His misery did not end at that. "I can't express how much I cried when my name and photo was published in Gorkhapatra daily in the list of bank defaulters," says Hamal. "No one tried to understand our problem, not even the government."

Hamal's misery is not an isolated case. He represents 75 percent of 210 families who have nothing after CPN (Maoist) land-grabbers seized their property. The people robbed of their land have been lobbying for implementation of Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA), which calls on Maoists to return seized property. "But nothing has happened," Hamal adds.

According to District Administration Office, Kailali, Maoists have seized 3,200 bigha land belonging to 210 households. The number of displaced families because of this land-grab is 525.

According to Lila Dhar Bhandari, president of Conflict Victims Society, Maoists in the district have distributed many land holdings to their party cadres in the name of landless squatters and freed Kamaiyas.

In some places, Maoists themselves are using land in the name of commune farming. "After signing the CPA, they (Maoists) announced they would return some land in Kailali, but this has not happened at the local level," Bhandari, whose eight-bigha land is in Maoist, control said.

Maoists have claimed they have not seized land from people with less than 10 bighas. "Besides me, 60 percent of displaced families have less than 10 bighas," he added.

However, Bhagat Badwal, district In-charge of CPN (Maoist) and elected member to the  Constituent Assembly claims most of the land has been returned. He further claims only 1800 bighas of seized land remains with Maoists.

Will Hamal and others get back their land now that the Maoists have emerged the single largest party and are set to lead a new government? Unlikely, at least in the foreseeable future.

Hamal says Maoists have asked him to keep quiet until they form the government,  write a new constitution and their chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal becomes president.

Until then, CPA and land grab victims have to wait.

The teachers -- Krishna Prasad Pathak and Ramnath Tiwari -- were badly injured.

According to the victims, YCL cadres led by area in-charge, Chandra Bahadur Darai, turned up at the school, responding to a complaint of eighth grader Shankar Chhetri and beat them up severely.

Chhetri, who was scolded by teachers a few days ago after he was found bringing a nunchaku --a martial art weapon -- to school and also for disturbing the class, had reportedly called the YCL men.

Prior to this, Chhetri and his classmate Dan Bahadur Magar had been involved in fisticuffs. According to school teachers, Magar, following their dispute, had called his brother to the school and beat up Chhetri on Tuesday. In response, Chhetri had also beat up Magar with the help of other friends while the latter was returning home the same day.

Following the "gang fight", the teachers felt insecure and also requested the school administration to sort out the problem. "But even as the principal assured he would settle the dispute, we were beaten up by YCL men," said an injured Pathak.

The incident occurred even as the Principal Arjunanda Adhikari made both the students apologize on Tuesday itself.

"YCL cadres showed up at the school in the early school hours and beat us up with sticks while we were reading the newspaper on the ground," said Tiwari.

Pathak is receiving treatment at Bharatpur Hospital while Tiwari was taken to Medical College as his condition was serious, the Hospital source said.

YCL Cadres assaulted five brothers at Pame in Pokhara on Wednesday.

Krishna Bahadur Adhikari, along with his four brothers --Min Bahadur, Bam Bahadur, Bharat Bahadur and Narayan Bahadur of Kaskikot-- was beaten by around 60 YCL cadres over a land related dispute.

Of the injured, Min Bahadur is in critical condition. He is undergoing treatment at Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara. He has sustained serious injuries on his face and chest.

"As we reached Pame to rescue my brother upon learning that Krishna was assaulted by YCL cadres, they attacked us with bamboo sticks," said Min Bahadur.

YCL cadres also vandalized Min Bahadur's motorbike. According to Krishna Bahadur, YCL cadres attacked him and his brothers for tilling their land at Pame, claiming that the land actually belonged to one Tek Bahadur.

District police did not make any arrest citing that details of the incident were not substantial.