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Minister hands over Rs 5-lakh cheque to slain soldier’s kin

Minister hands over Rs 5-lakh cheque to slain soldier’s kin

Punjab Cabinet Minister, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot gave away a check of Rs 5 lakh out of total announced Rs 50 lakh to family of slain Naib Subedar Mandeep Singh on his bhog ceremony at village Seel in district Patiala, on Friday.

Tribune News Service
Patiala, June 26

Punjab Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot today gave away a check for Rs5 lakh out of the announced Rs50 lakh to the family of slain Naib Subedar Mandeep Singh on his bhog ceremony in Patiala. The Naib Subedar was killed during a recent face-off with Chinese troops near Ladakh.

Dharamsot, representing the Chief Minister, said the state government would upgrade the village primary school and name it after the slain soldier.

He said Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had increased the compensation amount to be given to the families of soldiers killed on the frontlines from Rs12 lakh to Rs50 lakh. The state government will revamp the family’s house and reconstruct the ‘kuchha road’ connecting the village to the main road. He said the country was proud of the warrior.

SAD leader Prem Singh Chandumajra said a memorial would be constructed in the name of Mandeep Singh with help of area MLAs.

MLA Madan Lal Jalalpur said the government would spend more than Rs1 crore on the village, including Rs50 lakh on the memorial, Rs10 lakh on cemetery, Rs10 lakh on the village school and Rs10 lakh on a stadium in the village.