Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 10: With an aim to provide financial succor to the families of the police personnel who have attained martyrdom or have passed away while in service, the Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned Rs one crore as special welfare relief for NoKs of such martyred and deceased police personnel.
Special welfare relief of Rs 22 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of Martyr ASI Mushtaq Ahmad who attained martyrdom in a terrorist attack.
Similarly, the special welfare relief of Rs 22 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased ASI Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, ASI Mohinder Singh, and Constable Tariq Ahmad. The deceased personnel passed away due to illness/ natural death while in service.
Besides, the DGP has also sanctioned special welfare relief of Rs 6 lakh each in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased SPOs Khadim Hussain and Shams Din who passed away due to illness during the course of their engagement with the department.
Rupees one lakh each has already been paid to NoKs of these martyred/deceased Police personnel for performing last rites through their concerned units. The Special Welfare Relief is sanctioned out of Contributory Police Welfare Funds.
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