Maoists have ‘abducted’ at least 60 students from two schools in the far-western district of Doti.

A statement issued by the Ministry of Defence on Tuesday said 60 students of Masteshwor Secondary School and Saraswoti Secondary School in Doti were marched to an unknown location by a group of Maoists on Saturday.

On the same day, the rebels abducted a teacher of Todke Primary School in Dhankuta district.

Meanwhile, at least three civilians were injured in a blast carried out by the Maoists in the far-western district of Kanchanpur on Monday night.

The Defence Ministry statement said the Maoists detonated a bomb inside the house of a Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) soldier in Shantipur area. Three persons, including the RNA soldier’s wife and mother injured in the blast, have been admitted at the Mahakali Zonal Hospital.

The house of the soldier was completely destroyed in the blast, according to the statement.