Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 29: With an aim to provide financial succor to the families of the police personnel and SPOs who have attained martyrdom or have passed away while in service, the Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned over Rs 165.65 crore as special welfare relief for NoKs of such deceased police personnel and SPOs.
Ex-gratia relief of Rs 38 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of Martyr Constable Javid Hussain Kambay. The special welfare relief of Rs 22 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased police personnel HC Nardeel Singh, SgCts Ranjeet Singh and Amir Hassan, Ct Ajad Shatru and Follower Naseer Ahmad. The deceased personnel have passed away due to illness/natural death while in service.
Rupees one lakh each was already paid to NoKs of these martyr/deceased police personnel for performing last rites through their concerned units. The Special Welfare Relief is sanctioned out of Contributory Police Welfare Funds.
Similarly, Rs 6 lakh each as special welfare relief has been sanctioned in favour of NoKs of deceased SPOs Roshan Lal and Basharat Hussain and Rs 5 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of NoKs of deceased SPO Sanjay Kumar who passed away during the course of their engagement in the department.
Rupees 50 thousand was already paid to their families for performing last rites. The amount is sanctioned out of the Contributory Welfare Fund of SPOs.
Besides, DGP has also sanctioned Rs 50,000 as financial assistance/medical relief in favour of SPO Rattan Singh and Rs 15 thousand in favour of SPO Roshan Lal to defray expenses in connection with medical treatment.