Maoists blew up two vacant schools while security forces saved a third when they recovered two powerful landmines hidden in its premises, the police said in Latehar on Tuesday.
In view of the volatile situation, the Centre rushed 1,100 personnel of anti-riot Rapid Action Force.
When the deadly earthquake battered Nepal last week, major temples in Kathmandu' Darbar Square were razed to the ground, but the home of a nine-year-old girl worshipped as a living goddess remained almost unscathed.
