The anti-government guerrillas on Saturday abducted some 500 students from different parts of western Nepal, the Royal Nepal Army said in Kathmandu Sunday.

"The insurgents have forcibly taken some 300-400 students from Siddheswore village of Palpa district and other various areas of Tanahun district in western Nepal," the Public Relations Directorate of the army said in a press statement. Similarly, the insurgents have forcibly taken some 150 students studying in class 9 and 10 at a school in Bhagvati village of another western district of Baglung, the statement added.

The insurgents forced the students to take part in their "ideological" programs and usually free them after a few days unharmed.

Meanwhile, at least three anti-government guerrillas have been killed during the latest security operations in mid-western region of Dailekh district and Rautahat district in central Terai Belt.

Source: Xinhua