In clear violation of a ceasefire and their 12-point agreement with seven political parties, Maoist cadres on Friday night beat to death a former Maoist cadre, Prem Bahadur Thokar, 40, a resident of Jagatpur VDC-6, Nayabasti.

According to local villagers, around six Maoists beat up Thokar at Krishna Chowk at around 5:30 pm and threw his body in a field near Thokar’s house before fleeing.

Locals claimed that slain Thokar had no links with the rebel outfit recently although he was involved in their activities earlier.

According to reports, during their mass meeting at ward-4, Krishna Chowk few days ago, the Maoists had warned that they were taking action against those “defaming their party”. At that time, Thokar, along with four others, were threatened by the Maoists that action would be taken against them.

Condemning the incident, different district-based human rights organisations urged the Maoists not to repeat such incidents.

Meanwhile, in another incident, two persons including a minor were injured when a Maoist-left socket bomb went off at Manpang-8 in Tanahun district, Saturday.

Sanjeev Kumal, 8, and 16-year-old Som Bahadur Thapa, were those injured. “As soon as he (Sanjeev) gave that object to me, it exploded with a loud bang on my hand,” reports quoted Thapa as saying. According to locals, a group of Maoists had come there in the morning.

Meanwhile, in yet another incident the Maoist-obstructed postal service in the mid-western region is yet to resume even after truce.

This has badly affected people in the remote districts. The area post offices in Dailekh, Jajarkot and Surkhet districts have completely closed down, report quoted Dinanath Lamsal, chief of the Regional Postal Service Directorate at Surkhet.