A group of 70 policemen Tuesday freed 12 of 13 persons abducted by Maoists from Khamlalung village in Terathum district one day earlier, police said.
The rebels escaped with one of the kidnapped persons, police said; he was a school teacher In continuing Maoist excesses, rebels Monday night abducted Mukti Prasad Sapkota, an activist of the ruling Nepali Congress party from his home in Whaling in Syangjha district, police said.
Insurgents and villagers clashed in Chapakot village in the district the same day after locals nabbed two rebels for extortion, party sources said.
Rebels destroyed property worth nearly Rs. 1 million in an arson attack on a house and mill in Patlekhet village in Kavre district Sunday night, police said.