Maoist insurgents have set ablaze two oil tankers at Belbhanjyang on the Prithivi Highway.

A group of armed Maoists stopped the milk tankers that were returning to Chitwan from Pokhara, got the drivers out at gunpoint and set fire to the tankers this morning, reports said. The tankers were completely destroyed by fire.

The rebels also vandalised another milk tanker in the same area. There were no reports of violence, however.

The Maoists have imposed blockade in highways and district headquarters around the country since last week, disrupting the transport and supply system.