Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 2: Continuing with its endeavour to provide more and more help to the families of the police personnel who have passed away while in service, the Director-General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned Rs 70 lakh as special welfare relief for NoKs of deceased police personnel and SPOs who expired while in service.
The special welfare relief of Rs 20 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased police personnel SgCt Mohammad Younis and SgCt Zahoor Ahmad who expired due to illness while in service. Rupees one lakh each has been already paid to the families/ NoKs for performing the last rites as immediate relief by the PHQ through their concerned units. The financial assistance has been given out of the Contributory Police Welfare Fund.
Besides, special relief of Rs 5 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased SPOs Liyaqat Ali, Amit Sharma, Parveen Kumar, Imtiyaz Ahmad Wani, Mohammad Sarwar and Arvind Kumar. Rupees 50,000 each has been already paid to the families/ NoKs for performing the last rites as immediate relief by the PHQ through their concerned units.
The financial assistance has been given out of the Contributory Welfare Fund of SPOs.
As a welfare measure, Police Headquarters has taken many initiatives to ensure increased help and assistance for the welfare of its personnel and their families.
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