Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 4: In its determined approach to extend support of financial assistance and to provide solace to the dependents/legal heirs of brave police personnel who have unfortunately passed away while in service, the Director General of Police, J&K, Shri R.R. Swain, has sanctioned rupees 2.06 Crore as Special Welfare Relief in favour of eleven families of deceased Police personnel.
The Special Welfare Relief of rupees 22 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of the deceased DySP Harvinder Singh, HC Surinder Singh, HC Raja Habibulla, HC Zahoor Ahmad Bakshi, SgCts Sageer Ahmad, Subash Singh, and Mohd Abadh and Follower Habibullah who have passed away while in service. The financial assistance has been given out of the Contributory Police Welfare Fund.
The DGP, has also sanctioned special relief of rupees 06 lakh in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased SPO Ranjit Kumar who passed away during his engagement with the department. The financial assistance has been given out of the Contributory Welfare Fund of SPOs.
Rupees one lakh each has been already paid to the NoK of deceased police personnel and rupees fifty thousand towards NoK of SPO, for performing the last rites as immediate relief by the PHQ through their concerned units.
Besides, an immediate relief of rupees one lakh has also been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased SI (Tel) Mohammad Shafi Malik who passed away while in service.
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. |
