A case has been filed against 49 people including CPN (Maoist Centre) leader and former state minister Devi Khadka in connection to CPN-UML cadre Kul Bahadur Tamang's murder.

Gore Tamang, 57, the father of the victim and UML ward chairman candidate on Wednesday filed the case against Khadka, her brother and Maoist Centre district in-charge Bishal Khadka, Dhal Bahadur Khadka and Ganga Karki, among others.

A resident of Gauri Shankar Village Council in Dolakha, Tamang had succumbed to injuries after allegedly being attacked by Maoist Centre cadres in Gaurishanker Village Council-2 on Tuesday.