Conflict affected security personnel press for their demands

Kathmandu : The conflict-affected security personnel have staged a sit-in at the Maitighar Mandala today. The sit-in demonstration was held under the leadership of the Conflict-affected Security Personnel Families’ Association. 
They have demanded that their concerns should be addressed through the Police and the Army Acts. 
Among the demands include providing to the families of enforced disappeared security personnel at least twice the relief provided to the civilians and ensuring employment to the offspring of the conflict-affected security personnel. 
The participants of the demonstration carried placards with slogans like ‘Provide Treatment to Disabled Security Personnel’, ‘Fulfill the Demands of the Conflict-Affected Security Personnel’, and ‘Guarantee Employment of Conflict-Affected Security Personnel.’ 
Association president Hemkumari Gharti called for providing the ‘Category-A’ identification card to the conflict-affected security personnel and declaring the security personnel killed during the conflict as martyrs.