Maoists on Saturday night shot dead three civilians of Piparapurva village development committee (VDC)-8 of Saptari in the charge of their involvement in killings, looting and kidnapping.

30-year-old Jakir Miya, 35-year-old Sharif Miya and 40-year-old Chandrasekhar Shah were killed by the Maoists, police said.

Five other locals were injured as the Maoists beat them up when they tried to save them.

In another incident, Maoists bombed the house of Pashupati Dayal Mishra, chairman of Banke District Development Committee on Saturday night.

According to reports, they looted all the properties from the house.

Likewise, Maoists abducted five employees of German aid agency (GTZ) from Doti district recently.

Reports quoted far western divisional headquarter of Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) as saying that GTZ employees were abducted when they were in Tikhatar village of the district on April 5.

They had gone there to access the feasibility of starting construction of a road from Silgadhi municipality to Ghangal village of the district. nepalnews.com pb Apr 10 06