A National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team left for Sindhupalchowk district on Friday to investigate the incident of aerial bombing by the Royal Nepalese Army in Thokarpa area of the district and civilian casualties in the incident.

A press statement issued by the NHRC on Friday said the NHRC team, comprising officers, will go to the incident site after receiving information about the incident in Chautara, the district headquarter of the district.

The RNA launched the aerial raid in the area on Monday following information that Maoists had assembled at Baghbhairab Higher Secondary School in Thokarpa for a mass meeting.

Meanwhile, the NHRC also appealed to the Maoists for immediate and unconditional release of police inspector Raj Kumar Kheuju, head constable Megh Nath Ghimire and Shyam Krishna Khatiwada and Kedar Pudasaini of Hetauda-9, who were abducted by the Maoists from Biruwapur area of Parsa district on Thursday.