Maoists have murdered a health assistant Tej Bahadur Shrestha in Bedghari VDC of Solukhumbu district recently, Kantipur daily said Wednesday.

Shrestha was killed last Friday, but the report was received late on Tuesday, the daily said. Maoists brutally broke Shrestha’s legs and arms leaving him on his own fate.

Shrestha, during his last hours, said, his life could have been saved had he received emergency treatment, the daily said.