Some eight hundred police personnel injured or disabled during encounters with Maoist rebels have not received compensation from the government, a report said.

According to Kantipur daily, out of 1,180 policemen who were injured or maimed in the war, only 380 have received compensation by the end of the last year. A total of Rs 11.75 million was spent to compensate them. The Police headquarters is in need of an additional Rs 22.5 million for compensation of the remaining injured personnel.

The daily quoted a highly placed government source as saying that the finance ministry takes longer time to disburse budget for compensation to policemen as compared to Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and Armed Police Force (APF).

Spokesperson at the police headquarters, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ramesh Chand, told Nepalnews that the compensation ranges from Rs 20,000 to 50,000 on the basis of degree of injury which is decided by medical board of the Birendra Police Hospital.

However, the compensation has been late due to lack of funds. The report quoted the account chief at the Home Ministry Bhakta Bahadur Joshi as saying that the allocated budget has not been disbursed by the Finance Ministry this year. According to him, the ministry had disbursed Rs 2.397 million last year for that purpose.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ramesh Chand added that details of the police personnel who are eligible to receive such compensation has been sent to the home ministry.

Police have been the most affected of all security agencies in the ongoing conflict. Most of them are from Darchula, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Banke, Bardiya, Kalikot Dang, Rupandehi, Sarlahi and Makawanpur districts, which are the most Maoist affected areas.