Women combatants have obstructed payee cheque distribution for the Maoist combatants choosing voluntary retirement demanding additional amount for the upbringing of their children at the 7th division cantonment in Talband of Kailali district on Saturday.

Female combatants disrupted cheque distribution at Lokes Smriti Brigade under 7th cantonment putting forward seven point demands including additional amount, according to Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) secretariat member Gopal Singh Bohara.

As a part of the government’s plan to distribute up to Rs 900,000 including additional travel expenses to each combatants choosing voluntary retirement, the AISC teams have been distributing  half the amount they are entitled to get under the scheme in all the cantonments. nepalnews.com