JAMMU: Continuing with its endeavour to provide financial assistance to the families and NoKs of the deceased police personnel and SPOs, the Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned Rs 1.70 crore as special welfare relief in favour of 10 police personnel and SPOs and Rs 38 lakh ex-gratia relief in favour of dependents and legal heirs of a martyred police official.
DGP has sanctioned Rs 38 lakh ex-gratia relief in favour of NoKs of SgCt Mohammad Yousuf Bajad who attained martyrdom in a terrorist attack at Bhagat Chowk Srinagar. The special welfare relief of Rs 20 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents and legal heirs of deceased police personnel SI Barfu Ram, L/ASI Hanefa Begum, HC Swaran Singh, L/SgCt Babita Manhas, Devinder Kumar, Deepak Sharma, follower Rapinderjeet Singh who expired during service due to health-related issues and Ct Nisar Ahmad who attained martyrdom in a terrorist attack at Kulgam.
Besides, special relief of Rs 5 lakh each has also been sanctioned in favour of NoKs of deceased SPOs Jagar Nath and Farooq Ahmad Ganie who expired due to illness during the course of their engagement with the department. Out of special welfare relief, Rs 1 lakh each has already been paid to the families and NoKs for performing the last rites as immediate relief by the PHQ through their concerned units and Districts.
The financial assistance has been given out of the Contributory Police Welfare Fund.
