Armed Maoist insurgents have recently abducted 50 persons, including 21 women, in Pang and Sirpa VDCs of mid western Rolpa district in the last few days, reports said.

According to reports quoting locals, villagers are kept at the evacuated police post in Sirpa VDC. The villagers have said that their situation is no worse than that of prisoners, reports said. However, the Maoists interpreted their discontent as ‘their misunderstanding of the ongoing revolution,’ reports said.

Meanwhile, 450 local youths have been forced to flee from the villages following Maoist ‘1 house 1 Militia’ policy.