One security man and one Maoist were killed in a clash between a team of the unified security forces and Maoists at the Karmaiya-based checkpoint of the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) in Sarlahi on Thursday.

A press statement issued by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said head constable of the Armed Police Force (APF), Bishnu Rijal, was killed in the incident. APF constable Om Prasad Shah and a Maoist were also injured in the clash. Shah was taken to Kathmandu for treatment.

Security men recovered a body of an unidentified Maoist from a yard of a local’s house near the checkpoint along the Mahendra Highway.

Meanwhile, suspected Maoists on Thursday shot dead a teacher, Mangal Rana, of Sarswati Primary School in Purnika of Kanchanpur district on Thursday, the statement said.

The culprits have also looted Rana’s motorcycle.

A landmine planted near a security base camp went off in Dhanban village development committee 1 of Salyan district in western Nepal killing local Purna Chand and injuring Gausari Thapa.

Chand died while undergoing treatment at Birendra military hospital, according to reports.