Our Correspondent

Sonepat, September 21

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Naveen Jaihind, state Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president, on Friday met the family members of martyr Narender Singh of the BSF at his native village, Thana Kalan, in the district.

Head Constable Narender was brutally murdered by Pakistan Rangers near the Indo-Pak border in Samba sector recently.

The Delhi CM announced that his government would provide financial assistance of Rs1 crore to the bereaved family and a member of the family would be inducted in government service.

“As Narender’s family has been residing at Shikarpur in Delhi, the state government would amend the rules to make provision for giving them these benefits,” he said.

He said, “Why does the Centre appear so helpless? Why is the Prime Minister so silent? Why is he not replying in kind to Narender’s brutal murder?”

Jaihind chided Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for neglecting the bereaved family. “The Haryana CM should leave ‘Rahgiri’ and take care of the people of the state,” he remarked.

Later, Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain met the bereaved family. She announced a financial grant of Rs50 lakh from the state government to the martyr’s family and asked SDM Kharkhoda Sweta Suhag to ensure that the cheque gets delivered at the earliest. She also assured a government job to a family member.