Maoist insurgents killed the senior-most police official in the five-year insurgency in the mid-western district of Dang on Monday night, officials confirmed.
Senior Superindentent of Police Parmeshwor Singh Sijapati died in an ambush near Tulsipur in Dang while returning from a routine patrol. Sijapati died en route to the hospital.
Insurgents have lately targeted police in their attacks, killing 43 in the present week.