Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 18: 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 over Rs 1.52 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 SgCt Safiullah Qadri who had 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 Mohammad Hussain, HC Javid Ahmad SgCts Amina Akhtar, Darbesh Kumar and Follower Ghulam Qadir. Special welfare relief of Rs 20 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/ legal heirs of SgCt Mohammad Roshan and Follower Pawan Kumar. The deceased personnel passed away due to illness/natural death while in service.
Rupees one lakh each has already been paid to NoKs of these 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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