Captain Amarinder Singh restores pension for widows of govt staff killed by extremists

The Special Family Pension, for which necessary directions had already been issued to the DGP, will be given to widow or mother of the deceased government employee killed by or during action against extremists, the CM said. The pension amount will be equal to the last pay drawn at the time of the death of the personnel, said the CM, adding that the widows of the martyrs “are a part of our family and it is our duty to take care of them.”

Acceding to a request from the families of the police martyrs, the CM assured them that they would also get the Red Cards, so far being issued only to civilian victims of terrorism, with immediate effect. Amarinder further promised the martyrs’ families that their demand for posting of their children, recruited in the armed police, near their home districts would be sympathetically considered by the government.