Jammu: Continuing with its endeavour to provide financial
assistance to the families of the police personnel who have passed away
while in service, the Director General of Police Dilbag Singh has
sanctioned over rupees one crore as Special Welfare Relief under
different orders of PHQ for NoKs of deceased police personnel/SPO, who
expired while in service.
The special welfare relief of rupees 20 lakh each has been sanctioned in
favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased personnel HC Mohammad Sadiq,
SgCts, Mohammad Shabir, Bishan Das and Mohammad Shafi. Rupees one lakh each has been already paid to the families/ NoKs of these deceased personnel for performing the last rites as immediate relief by the PHQ through their
concerned units.
Under another PHQ order, Rupees 4.5 lakh has been sanctioned out of
Contributory Welfare Fund of SPOs in favour of NoKs of deceased SPO Zaffar
Hussain Khan who expired due to illness. Rupees 50 thousand has already
been paid to his NoKs through SSP Baramulla.
Meanwhile, Rupees five lakh exgratia relief has been sanctioned in favour
of NOKs of Ct/GD Vijay Kumar of 42BN SSB who was killed in a militant attack at Midoora, Pulwama.
Under Police headquarters order number 823, the DGP also sanctioned Rupees
13 lakh in favour of three police personnel to meet the expenses in
connection with their treatment/treatment of dependents. Rupees 25
thousand each has also been sanctioned in favour of these personnel as
welfare relief.