Two persons were killed in an exchange of fire that took place between Police and cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand) in Bhojpur District of Province No. 1 on July 10, reports Republica. A Police Constable Sanjiv Rai and the CPN-Maoist-Chand cadre Nir Kumar Rai were killed in the exchange of fire. Nir Kumar Rai is the eighth member of the CPN-Maoist-Chand to die since March when the Government declared it a criminal outfit.