Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: In order to provide 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 80 lakh as special welfare relief in favour of dependents and legal heirs of five such deceased police personnel.
The DGP has also sanctioned ex gratia of Rs 15 lakh for NoKs of three CRPF personnel of 92 Battalion who attained martyrdom in a terrorist attack.
The special welfare relief of Rs 19 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of three deceased police personnel ASI Maqsood Hussain, HC Chander Dev, HC Anoop Singh and Follower Devinder Kumar who expired while serving the Police Department.
Rs 4.50 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of NoKs of SPO Davinder Singh who expired during the course of his engagement.
Rs 1 lakh each for four police personnel and Rs 50,000 was already paid to the deceased family for performing the last rites as immediate relief by the concerned units. The financial assistance to the police personnel and SPOs has been sanctioned out of the Contributory Police Welfare Fund.
The DGP has also sanctioned financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh each out of Central Police Welfare Fund in respect of two police personnel whose residential houses were damaged in different incidents of cross border shelling and accidental fire.
Meanwhile, the DGP has sanctioned ex-gratia relief of Rs 5 lakh each in favour of NoKs of CRPF personnel Ct/GD Ashwani Kumar, Ct/GD Santosh Kumar and Ct/GD C. Chandra Sekar of 92 Battalion CRPF who attained martyrdom in a terrorist attack at Wangam Crossing, Handwara on 4th May 2020.
Police headquarters has launched a number of schemes for the welfare of its personnel and their families. There are also schemes for the wards of Police personnel and SPOs. Besides, there are schemes for the NoKs of martyrs, their wards as also for the retired Police personnel and their spouses.
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