Nepal`s king gives two million rupees to victims of insurgency

Nepal's King Gyanendra has donated two million rupees in assistance to civilians and security personnel who have become victims to the Maoist violence. The king donated one million rupees to the Prime Minister's fund set up for the victims of the six-year-old insurgency, state-run news agency RSS reported.

An equal amount was handed over to a fund established by the Nepal Army Officers' Wives' Association to help families of army personnel who have lost their lives in the anti-terror operations.

The government mobilised the army to crush the Maoist uprising in November last year after imposition of emergency.

More than 3000 people have been killed since the Maoists launched their 'People's War' to topple the constitutional monarchy in 1996. Nearly half the deaths have come since November, when the rebels broke a four-month ceasefire.
Bureau Report