Moist insurgents have freed three security men whom they had abducted from Parsa district, three weeks ago.

The rebels freed the security men from an eastern village of Makwanpur district on Monday in the presence of human rights workers, journalists and the locals, reports said.

A group of armed Maoists had picked up 22-yr-old Harka Ratna Lo, Ful Ratna Lo, 21, and Yama Ratna Lo, 18, on July 10 from Milanchowk near Birganj.