Six persosn were injured in a blast that took place at Talle village of Dasera VDC- 3 in Jajarkot on Thursday.

According to the police, the exploded socket bomb was leftover from the insurgency period. The government in June 2011 had declared the country free of landmines after the state army destroyed the last minefield as part of the 2006 peace deal.

 In a press statement on Friday, the commission has urged the government for free and effective treatment to the people injured in the incident.

"The agreement signed between the government and the Maoists party on November 20, 2006 to remove all kinds of explosives within two months does not seem to have been properly complied," read the statement, "The Nepal government and the then rebel group should be active to locate the places where the explosives and landmines were planted and defuse them."

It is tragic to learn the occurrence of this kind of explosion even after the country was declared free of landmines, the NHRC noted.

The statement released by NHRC acting secretary Bed Prasad Bhattarai read that Nepal government, the Maoists party and the concerned stakeholders should become serious towards possible such incidents. The commission has urged the stakeholders to take steps to make sure that no people become victim of such incident due to the explosives leftover from the conflict era.  

Kamaro Chandara, 52, Jokhe Thapa, 35, Bhakta Bahadur Nepali, 35, Man Bahadur Thapa, 35, Naina Bahadur Nepali, 15, and Nara Singh Thapa, 33, were injured in the bomb blast. The injured are receiving medical attention.