Martyrs’ kin to get Rs 25L ex-gratia: Bihar CM

PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday introduced that in addition to Rs 11 lakh payable to next of family of the two CRPF staff from state, who sacrificed their lives in Pulwama terror assault, an extra quantity of Rs 25 lakh each can be paid from the CM Relief Fund. This is almost certainly the primary time that the state government has introduced further monetary help for the following of family of the martyrs.

The CM made this announcement soon after paying tributes to the two slain CRPF jawans – Ratan Kumar Thakur from Ratanpur village in Bhagalpur and Sanjay Kumar Sinha from Masaurhi in Patna district – at Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport here. The mortal remains of the martyred jawans had been dropped at the airport in a special Indian Air Force (IAF) plane around nine.50am.

The CM stated the DMs of Patna and Bhagalpur were requested to evaluate the opposite requirements of the children of the two martyrs, together with their tutorial expenses, in order that the state government could endure the similar.

Martyr Sinha has left behind him his spouse, two daughters – Ruby Kumari (24) and Vandana Kumari (22) – and son Om Prakash Kumar (19). Thakur, however, is survived by his pregnant spouse and a four-year-old son.

Patna DM Kumar Ravi stated Sinha’s daughters are graduates and his son is getting ready for medical front examination at Kota in Rajasthan.

“We will communicate CM’s announcement to the family. Their monetary requirements can be assessed soon,” he stated.


In June closing year, the state government had increased the restrict of ex gratia fee to paramilitary staff from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 11 lakh.


Meanwhile, deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, leader of opposition in state meeting Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, highway shipping minister Nand Kishore Yadav, well being minister Mangal Pandey, Union minister Ram Kripal Yadav, BJP state president Nityanand Rai, DGP Gupteshwar Pandey and a number of other others paid floral tributes to the slain CRPF jawans on the Patna airport on Saturday.


While Thakur’s mortal remains had been carried to Bhagalpur from Patna airport in a special IAF helicopter, Sinha’s remains had been taken to Masaurhi on a CRPF truck. The slain martyrs had been cremated with full state honour in presence of huge collection of people, who raised slogans denouncing Pakistan.


Martyrs’ kin to get Rs 25L ex-gratia: Bihar CM Martyrs’ kin to get Rs 25L ex-gratia: Bihar CM Reviewed by Kailash on February 17, 2019 Rating: 5
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