Saturday, 22 January , 2005, 00:25
Kathmandu: As many as 500 youths returning home after working in Indian territory have been abducted by the Maoists rebels in the Achham district of Western Nepal, media reports said on Friday.
The abducted youths hailing from various villages of the district have been confined in rural dwellings of Kantipur district. Maoists have put restrictions on the youths to go out of the villages, reports quoting local people said.
Earlier, the Maoists rebels had reportedly abducted more than 200 students and teachers from three different schools of the eastern district of Ramechhap.
The Maoists abducted them for political indoctrination programmes, Kantipur radio reported quoting its local reporter. The rebels forcibly took away 13 teachers and 77 students from Setidevi Secondary School in Salukalika village and 12 teachers along with 100 students from Chandeshwori Secondary School in Gothgaun from the class rooms on Thursday, it said.
The abducted students were studying in classes six to ten. The news of abduction have come at a time when the London-based Amnesty International had urged the government and the Maoists to stop human rights violations and killings of people.
More than 11,000 people have been killed and hundreds have been abducted since the insurgency began in 1996. Meanwhile, suspected Maoists shot dead a policeman and injured five others in Butwal on Friday.
The suspected rebels indiscriminately fired at Milanchowk, in the heart of the city. No one has claimed the responsibility for the incident but the police suspect the role of Maoists.
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