According to security officials, a socket bomb suddenly went off at around 3:00 pm when the body of RNA personnel Dhan Bahadur Pandit, who was killed in the Kalikot clash on Sunday night, was being cremated. According to an eyewitness Ramji Ghimire, body parts were scattered all over after the explosion. Security officials suspect that the bomb, which detonated due to heat from the burning pyre, may have been planted by Maoists.