The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal) have launched separate investigation into the death of 28 people in a clash between the Maoists and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) in Rautahat’s Gaur Wednesday.

A team of NHRC officials from the centre and the regional office in Janakpur left for Gaur today to investigate into the incident, a press statement issued by the NHRC said.

Similarly, the OHCHR-Nepal said its officials were collecting facts about the violence. OHCHR-Nepal chief Lena Sundh arrived in Gaur by a helicopter in the afternoon and inspected the incident site.

The death toll jumped to 28 by the afternoon while over two dozen others have been undergoing treatment at Bharatpur in Chitwan and Gaur.