KATHMANDU, Jan. 10: One terrorist died and another was wounded when a socket bomb they were carrying exploded at Gotikhel of Lalitpur district on Wednesday, said a Defence Ministry statement today.

The two terrorists had barged into a house and had forced the owner to cook a meal for them. The explosive, carried by one of them on the waist, went off when they were sitting by the fire after they had the meal. Two locals were also injured in the blast. The body of the dead and the wounded terrorist were carried away by other terrorists.

The statement said that the health camp run by the security forces in Gorkha provided medical treatment and medicines free of cost to 85 local people.

The Ministry said the security forces defused an electric ambush ready to set off in Haku area of Jumla on Thursday.