Maoist rebels set fire to a vehicle bringing medicine and medical equipment to a family planning camp at Busti area of Namdu VDC along the Lamosanghu-Jiri road on Thursday.
Earlier, the rebels had seized a land cruiser (Ba1Ja 3453) of the District Health Office, Ramechhap on Wednesday, reports quoted eyewitnesses as saying.
The rebels, however, took out the medicine and gave them to the health workers before destroying the vehicle. The three health workers traveling in the vehicle are safe, according to the eyewitnesses.
Meanwhile, the Maoists handed over sub-inspector Pawan Jung Karki to rights activists affiliated to the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) and Human Rights and Peace Society (HURPES) Thursday afternoon.