The Maoists abducted two rangers from Sarangbeshi of Raspurkot VDC of Pyuthan district on Wednesday.

According to the District Forest Office, the rebels abducted rangers Pankan Thakur and Rajendra Kumar Shreevastav stationed at Baraula Range Post and Khalanga Range Post.

The Maoists abducted the two rangers saying they had to be interrogated. Offices of all the range posts based in the villages of Pyuthan have been shifted to the district headquarters after the Maoists ordered the offices to leave the villages last year.