A report by a human rights monitoring organisation has revealed that 82 persons have been killed and 75 abducted in the last six months in eastern and central Terai region.

According to the report by the central regional office of HimRights, a rights monitoring body, in Hetauda, between Jeshtha (May/June) and Kartik (October/November) 20 vehicles and 35 individuals were looted, and there were 32 incidents of bomb blast.

Prem Dahal, a human rights worker of the organisation, said that during this period maximum number of killings occurred in Bara district where 23 persons were killed.

The report covers incidents in ten districts – Bara, Parsa, Dhanusha, Saptari, Siraha, Sarlahi, Mahottari, Rautahat, Sunsari and Morang.

The report adds that three were killed by Maoists; 30 by different factions of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM); 12 by unknown groups; 11 by state forces; four by a group called Gorkhaland; three by Madhesi Mukti Tiger; and two died in bomb blast.