RAMECHHAP, Jan. 12: Maoist rebels today set off an electric land mine aimed at a police team some two kilometres from Manthali, the headquarters of Ramechhap district.

One of four pressure cooker bombs, targetting the police on their way towards Munitar, exploded before the team reached the spot. The rest of the pressure cooker bombs were defused by a bomb disposal squad of the security forces.

The security forces have seized a large quantity of electric wire, sleeping bags and Maoist documents found at the incident site.

A team of policemen, including Deputy Superintendent of police Niraj Bahadur Shahi, was at the incident site throughout the day today.

The security forces arrested some suspects and also launched a vigorous manhunt for the terrorists involved in the incident, according to chief district officer Trilok Prasad Shrestha.

In Dhangadhi, a woman terrorist died on the spot in an encounter with the security forces at Narayanpur VDC ward 2, Kailali district yesterday, Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office Keshav Adhikari has stated.

The identity of the terrorist killed in the retaliatory action by the security forces has not yet been ascertained.