Srinagar, May 27 : Continuing with its efforts to provide financial succour to the families of the Police personnel who have sacrificed their lives for the nation or passed away while in service, the Director General of Police, J&K, Shri R.R Swain has sanctioned rupees 5.53 crore as Special Welfare Relief and rupees 38 lakh as ex-gratia relief in favour of dependents and legal heirs of martyred and deceased Police personnel.
In a statement issued to News Agency Buland Awaaz (BAN) reads that the DGP has sanctioned ex-gratia relief of rupees 38 lakh in favour of NoK of martyr DySP Himayun Muzzamil Bhat who attained martyrdom in an encounter with terrorists at Guri Nad Gadool Kokernag on 13-09-2023.
Besides,vide different orders of PHQ, the DGP has sanctioned special welfare relief of rupees 22 lakh each in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased Insp. Raj Mohammad, Insp. Sanjeev Gupta, SI Kaka Ram, ASI Dogar Mal, ASI Sudesh Kumar, HC Mohd Shoket, HC Ajay Shard, HC Mukhtar Ahmad lone, HC Mehbood Hussain, HC Santosh Singh, HC Gul Hassan, Dvr. HC Mohd Sadiq, SgCt Hari Krishan, SgCt (M) Shekhar Chander Seth, SgCt Rakesh Kumar, SgCt Mir Mohd, SgCt Rajinder Singh, SgCt Muzafar Ahmad, Ct. Mudasir Reyaz Dar, Follower Babu Ram, Foll. Ganesh Dass, Foll. Mohd Farooq Sofi, W/Foll. Haseena Rafiq, Foll. Bodh Raj and Foll. Shabir Ahmad Ganie.
The statement further reads that the DGP, J&K has also sanctioned rupees 06 lakh each as special welfare relief in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased SPO Gh. Hassan Ganie, SPO Rakesh Kumar, SPO Angrez Chand, SPO Ashoni Kumar and SPO Rohit Saini who passed away while they were engaged with the J&K Police department.
The deceased police personnel have passed away due to illness/ natural/accidental death while in service.
Out of these special welfare relief, rupees one lakh each to the families of deceased Police personnel and rupees fifty thousand to the families of deceased SPOs has already been paid for performing their last rites through their concerned units. Pertinent to mention that special welfare relief is sanctioned out of Contributory Police Welfare Funds.
Police Headquarters is implementing many 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 and also for the retired Police personnel and their spouses.–(BAN)
