The Civil Society’s Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (CSCMC) has said that six Maoists and one civilian were not killed in crossfire by army personnel on September 24 in Bhadrapur area of the Palpa district.

The field report of the CSCMC has said that the Maoists were killed during unilateral action of the RNA at a gathering of armed Maoists.

The CSCMC’s report states that three Maoist sentries, three cadres and a local were killed while five Maoists were arrested on that day.

According to the panel’s investigation report, several rounds of ‘rampant firing’ is reported to have taken place, and the ‘civilians have been found injured, terrorised and local teachers manhandled.’

Report quoted one of the members of the CSCMC Nilambar Acharya as saying that the Maoists had not fired in the incident, but they were with arms and the army patrol fired at them without any warning.

However, earlier the RNA said that the Maoists were killed in a retaliatory action of the RNA after the Maoists attacked the patrolling security force. RNA is yet to comment on the report of CSCMC.