A Maoist was killed and two others were injured in an accidental socket bomb explosion this week at Mumra village in Kalikot, police said. The injured are undergoing treatment at a local health post.
In another development, four members of the Sahare people’s village administration of Dolakha district resigned and re-joined the UML main opposistion in parliament. Deputy village chief Dipak Khadka was among those who resigned.
Ram Prasad Timilsinha, ward chairman of the Bageshsori people’s village administration defected and surrendered to the Nuwakot chief district officer Modraj Dotel Tuesday, police said. Meanwhile, police arrested two Maoists in Kailali Monday on suspicion for bombing an abandoned police post at Sattibazzar in the district.