Jammu February 22: Continuing with its endeavour to provide financial assistance to the families of the Police personnel/SPOs who have attained martyrdom or have passed away while in service, the Director General of Police, J&K, Shri Dilbag Singh has sanctioned rupees 1.96 crore as Special Welfare/ex-gratia Relief for NoKs of martyr, deceased Police personnel/ SPOs.
The DGP has sanctioned rupees 38 lakh as ex-gratia relief in favour of dependents/legal heirs of martyr constable Nisar Ahmad Wagay who attained martyrdom in a terrorist attack, in consequence of due performance of official duty.
The special welfare relief of rupees 22 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased Police personnel HCs Iftikhar Ahmad and Zakir Hussain, SgCts Haqumat Raj and Nareen Thakur, Followers Shabir Ahmad and Jia Lal. While as rupees 20 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased SgCt Rashpal Kumar. These personnel have passed away due to illness/ natural death while in service.
Rupees one lakh each has been already paid to NoKs of deceased Police personnel through their concerned units for performing their last rights. The Special Welfare Relief is sanctioned out of the Contributory Police Welfare Fund.