Seven Maoist combatants have run away from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) camp in Yangsila, Morang district, with automatic rifles.

Reports say seven Maoist combatants of Chhintangsukhani Memorial Brigade under the First Division of the PLA fled with INSAS rifles and ammunitions on Friday. The motive behind their decamping was not immediately known, but the commanders at the cantonment site have denied the incident.

The Maoists have started frantic search to capture the fleeing combatants.

More and more PLA men are fleeing the camps out of frustration as the verification process lingers. Earlier too, there were reports of PLA men fleeing the clamps.