A CPN-UML cadre was murdered after abduction in Rukum East.

Police said that they have apprehended three CPN (Maoist Centre) cadres including a people's representative for their alleged involvement in the incident.

The arrestees have been identified as Ward Chairman Jaya Kumar Buda of Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality-11 of Rukum East, his brother Arjun Buda and ward chairman candidate Kumar Singh Buda.

The Maoist Centre cadres abducted Jung Maya Buda (39) following a dispute over the election campaign in Taksera Village on May 2.

Police found the body of Buda at a jungle four kilometers away from Taksera on Tuesday.

The body of Buda has been brought to the Lumbini Provincial Hospital in Butwal for postmortem.

UML Politburo member Madhav Sharma said that Buda was murdered after rape by the Maoist cadres.