CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT KIND OF HEROS ARE THESE????????????????????? Maoists torture minors; one missing: Report Rana Bahadur Nepali, 10, from Barala of Dadagaun willage development committee (VDC) 6, has been mentally disoriented while another boy Kailash Budhathoki, 13 has disappeared since they were beaten up and tortured by the rebels, newspaper reports said on Thursday. "After the Maoists' torture he gets frightened even on seeing common people," The Kathmandu Post daily quoted Shasi Nepali, mother of Rana Bahadur as saying. She added, "He just stares into space and cannot stay still." A group of six Maoists beat up Rana Bahadur and two other boys Padam Budhathoki, 10, and Buddhi Ram Nepali, 15, as well-- on the charge of stealing goods worth 9 thousand rupees from the house of Khim Bahadur Khattri, a local. Claiming themselves innocent, the boys stated that they were beaten up for no reason. The whereabouts of Budhathoki is unknown since the incident, according to local Padam Bahadur Bhandari. The boys had paid 15,000 rupees for the charge. The rebels provided 9,000 rupees as compensation to Khattri while they took 6,000 rupees as "punishment charge", the paper quoted Bhandari as saying.