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Martyrâs kin get Rs5-lakh relief

DC Sandeep Hans hands over the cheque to martyr Karamjit Singh’s parents at Janer village in Moga on Thursday. Tribune Photo

Tribune News Service

Moga, March 28

Thousands of people paid tributes to Rifleman Karamjit Singh, 24, on his bhog ceremony held at Janer, his native village, in Dharamkot subdivision of the district on Thursday.

Karamjit of 18 JAK RIF Regiment was seriously injured in an unprovoked firing by Pakistan troops at Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on March 18. He later succumbed to the injuries.

He was cremated at his native village on March 19 with state honours.

Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Hans, who attended the bhog ceremony, handed over two cheques for Rs 2.5 lakh each (Rs 5 lakh total) to the martyr’s father Avtar Singh and mother Kulwant Kaur on the behalf of Punjab government.

Karamjit had joined the Army in 2015. Karamjit’s father Avtar Singh is also an ex-serviceman.

None of the local MLAs or any other senior politician of the area attended the bhog ceremony.