Jugal announces Rs 5 lakh compensation for shelling victim

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 28: Lok Sabha MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, while expressing grief and sorrow over the killing of a young boy by shelling from Pakistan in Gigrial village of Khour block falling in Chammb Assembly Constituency, said that although the loss of precious life is irreparable and no money on earth can ever bring back the person but still some compensation can prove to be helpful for the bereaved family.
Sharma, soon after getting the news of the killing of this young boy, took up matter with the Union Home Ministry besides Divisional Commissioner and DC Jammu and got immediate order for the release of compensation of Rs five lakh to the family of the deceased boy.
Meanwhile, the local MLA of BJP Krishan Lal Bhagat, who visited the bereaved family, confirmed that the case for the compensation has been approved within hours by the immediate intervention of the MP and the formal cheque will be handed over soon.