The body of RPP activist Jogi Lal Yadav was discovered by the bank of the Rapti River in Banke Friday after he was abducted by Maoists three days earlier, police said.
Security forces Thursday shot dead a Maoist identified as Debi Wagle at Amarpur in Panchthar, local security agencies said. The Army treated 85 locals free of cost at Gorkha and offered medicines to them last week, the Defence Ministry said.
Security forces defused a landmine at Kahu in Jumla Thursday, another announcement said.