WAR ON TERROR: LG Sinha orders relief to terror victims & reopening of buried terror cases
STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, JULY 01 (STC):
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday directed the Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) to reopen cases which were deliberately buried and file an FIR against terrorists and their sympathisers involved in killings and grabbing properties of their victims.
The Lieutenant Governor issued these directions while chairing a high-level meeting. He also directed them to ensure jobs are provided to Next of Kins (NoKs) on priority and to take immediate measures to free terror victim families’ property and land grabbed by terrorists or their sympathisers.
“Identify those elements from terror ecosystem who were involved in killing of common Kashmiris and currently working in government departments departments. Financial assistance under MUDRA and handholding must be extended to the terror victim family members who want to start their self-employment venture,” reads the directions of the Lieutenant Governor.
The Lieutenant Governor said a special cell will be established in LG Secretariat to address concerns of terror victim families. He further asked the Chief Secretary to set up a similar cell in his office. A Toll-free number should also be notified for the assistance of Terror victim families, he said.
“Every possible assistance would be provided to terror victim families and culprits roaming free for many decades will be brought to justice,” the Lieutenant Governor said.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo; Additional Chief Secretary, Jal Shakti Department Shaleen Kabra; DGP Nalin Prabhat; Special Director General (Coordination), PHQ, S.J.M Gillani; Principal Secretary Home Chandraker Bharti; Principal Secretary, Finance Santosh D Vaidya; ADGP CID Nitish Kumar, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor and CEO SASB Dr Mandeep K. Bhandari; IGP Kashmir, VK Birdi; IGP Jammu Bhim Sen Tuti; Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Vijay Bidhuri; Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Ramesh Kumar; MD & CEO J&K Bank, Amitava Chatterjee; DIGs, Deputy Commissioners, SSPs, and senior officials of Police and Civil Administration. (STC)
