On 30 March, two Maoist commanders were killed when an explosive they had hidden in Jarmi of Jumla district went off accidentally. Villagers who came to see what happened kicked the corpses saying they were responsible for hardships in the villages. Ten of those involved in kicking the corpses were later abducted by the Maoists and tortured. Among them was 75-year-old Man Bahadur Buda of Tatopani, whose body was found in Kanche Khola on Saturday.