Kathmandu, 10 January: A total of 1513 people have been killed, 256 injured, and 380 kidnapped in the last five years of the Maoist insurgency launched by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in different parts of Nepal, a top police officer disclosed.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Rajendra Bahadur Singh said that of the 1513 killed, 999 were insurgents, 251 police personnel, 252 innocent civilians and 11 children. A total of 565 police personnel were also injured in clashes with insurgents, Singh said. Similarly 380 persons, including 39 policemen, were kidnapped by Maoist insurgents in the last five years. Of the 39 kidnapped policemen, 3 were killed in Maoist custody, he said.
Asked how many insurgents had been arrested so far, DIG Singh said that police arrested 5,943, and criminal cases were registered against 1656. The others have already been released, he added.