Kathmandu: Security forces in Nepal have gunned down 27 Maoist rebels in the past 24 hours as they continued anti-terror operations across the country, official sources said November 16.

Eleven armed rebels were shot dead in Jumla, Bara and Kailali districts during separate encounters, a Defence Ministry official said on November 16.

Sixteen more Maoists were killed as the security forces launched blocking and search operations to hunt the rebels after the November 14 massive terror attack in Jumla district, Radio Nepal said quoting local security sources.

Nine of them were killed in Tamti area and seven killed in Kudari area of the district, the radio said.

The security forces have recovered guns, pistols, socket bombs and explosive materials from these sites.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand's Cabinet, which was appointed on October 11 by King Gyanendra after the monarch dismissed the elected government, met in an emergency session.

PTI