Mother's day i.e. 26 Baisakh 2081, Wednesday evening, Shankar Khadka from Russia told Indu Magar of Katari, Udaipur on phone, "Sister-in-law, brother passed away in battle." He went to the frontline with us.

She had contact with her 39-year-old husband Om Bahadur 11 days ago. Om Bahadur told Indu on the phone while going to fight, 'I am going to fight for 7 days, I will contact you after returning.' Three days later, Khadka told the sad news over the phone. "We were walking together in the field, my brother collapsed suddenly, there is no possibility of bringing his body, you should do the kazkiriya according to your dharmakarma," Shankar told Indu from Russia. He told the same news to Indu's brother-in-law and brother-in-law. Although the body was not seen, the relatives of Indu acted on the information. 

This was the second time that Om Bahadur, who joined the Russian army, went to the frontline of the war against Ukraine. Before that, when he went for the first time, he was deployed for 15 days. At that time, he returned safely to the rest camp in three days. On the first visit, 4 of Om Bahadur's Nepalese friends died on the battlefield.

"Four Nepalis and one Russian were killed together, I barely survived," Om told Indu on the phone at that time, "I can't stay here anymore." take me out You have to run away from here. It costs money. Looking for a loan.'

After spending 14 years in the Nepali Army, Om Bahadur left his job and was living at home. After going to Russia, Indu sought a loan. When Om Bahadur was sent to Russia, the debt burden of 9 lakh rupees was added to the family. Even before that, Indu had taken a

loan of 6 lakh rupees to send her husband to work abroad. However, the broker ate it. Om Bahadur could not go abroad, the burden of debt on the family only increased. After hearing that the earnings are good in Russia, Indu sought an additional loan of 9 lakhs for her husband despite the previous loan. And after paying the money to Om Bahadur Dalal, he flew to Russia on October 4, 080.

Dalal said that he should do cleaning work in the Russian army. However, since he left, he was made to use rockets and other weapons. Indu, who was waiting for her husband's earnings, had to find more loans to save her husband's life.

'We still had an old loan. More loans were sought to get him out. We were not getting any idea how to send money to whom to rescue from the forest of the battlefield,' she said, 'when he was confused, he told Russia that there is no chance to get out of the forest, not to send money to anyone.' 

5 Nepalis in Om Bahadur's group were arrested on the way among those who fled the camp to save their lives. After that, the Om Bahadurs were under more surveillance. The weapons they had were taken away by the commander. A few days later, they were kept digging bunkers in the jungle and being monitored by drones.

In the forest we live a little. A bunker must be dug deep underground. We live in it. Drones should be avoided," he said. "Even if you are on the frontline, you don't have to go to fight the war. It seems a little safer than before.'

After 5 months of living like that, Om Bahadur sent 5 lakh rupees. The son turned one year old last February. He also sent more money to celebrate his son's birthday. Even when he was on duty in the jungle bunker, Indu and Om Bahadur were in contact every day. Om Bahadur, who went to the frontline for the second time in the second week of Baisakh, did not come back after that. They lost contact forever. 

I didn't even have money to do chores, my parents gave me money. His friends also know about our financial situation, they have sent some help from Russia,' said Indu, 'what to do now? I didn't know what to do. I went to meet Kritu Bhandari who came to Kathmandu to facilitate the families of the Russian army. After that, he put the documents with him and applied to the consular department asking them not to find out the situation of the missing husband. There is hope that a person is still alive until they see the dead body.' After the death of Om Bahadur, who went to earn

, there is a rush to light the stove for Indu in Udaipur. It is difficult to carry four daughters and two sons of a young son with him. All four daughters were going to school until Om Bahadur sent the money. 15-year-old eldest daughter was studying in class 8, 13-year-old daughter in class 7, 11-year-old younger daughter was studying in class 5. As it was difficult to meet the household expenses, she sent her eldest daughter to India with the help of her relatives to leave school and earn. After the news of Om Bahadur's death, moneylenders started running home asking for loans and interest. 

Creditors are always asking for loans and interest. There is no way to pay, it is stressful. The studies of the elder daughter could not be continued," she said. "Now the elder daughter has gone to India to earn. She has started doing housework in India. Miley plays football in Gaighat, named after her daughter. Boarding has helped the younger ones to study. I have said that I will pay the money to the school after receiving compensation from Russia.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the death of 49 Nepalis, including Om Bahadur, who was recruited into the Russian army, has been confirmed. DNA tests are in process to identify the bodies of 57 people. The families of 118 people without contact have applied to the consular department for searching. 

Former Nepali ambassador Milanraj Tuladhar, who returned from a two-and-a-half year stint in Russia, says that according to the agreement, the Nepalese will also get compensation just like the Russian army. "Russia has written a letter saying that it will pay compensation, that matter is written in the contract letter. Some have written the name of the beneficiary who is desired to get compensation in the contract, some have not. Whether or not the rightful ones will be able to claim," he said, "Last June, they were told to come and collect the money for the rights of 6 people. Added some technical issues regarding sending money. According to this, there was talk of compensation for the rest.'

 Nepal has asked Russia to deposit the compensation to the deceased's rights in the embassy's account. "We made a plan to bring the compensation amount to the account of the embassy, ​​send that amount to Nepal and transfer it to the bank account of the victim's family from the relevant district. Accordingly, we requested Russia to send the amount," he said, "but some technical problems have appeared in this, the bank's SWIFT system to send from Russia to Nepal. 'It doesn't work. They give in Ruvel. It can be exchanged for dollars. Because of the international embargo on Russia, there is a problem in sending money from the bank.