Nakodar killings: Slain Punjab constable Mandeep Singh handed over two cheques for Rs 1 cr each
Chandigarh/Jalandhar, December 17: On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order, Arpit Shukla on Saturday handed over two cheques for Rs 2 crore (Rs 1 crore each) to the family of slain Punjab Police constable Mandeep Singh, who attained martyrdom in line of duty, at Nakodar.
A 2013-batch constable Mandeep Singh (32), a resident of Kotli Gajran village at Shahkot, Jalandhar, was posted as a gunman with a cloth merchant, Bhupinder Singh alias Timmy Chawla, who was also shot dead. He got martyred suffering bullet injuries during exchange of fire with the assailants in Nakodar on December 7, 2022.
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Following his supreme sacrifice, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann had announced Rs 2 crore to the family of martyr as a mark of respect. The Rs 2 crore amount includes Rs 1 crore as ex-gratia by the state government whereas another payment of insurance cover worth Rs 1 crore will be made by HDFC.
The ADGP accompanied by Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jalandhar Range, Gursharan Singh Sandhu also attend 'Antim Ardas' of the constable at Gurdwara Singh Sabha Sahib, Kotli Gajran village, Shahkot.
ADGP Arpit Shukla, while addressing the media, said he had handed over a cheque for Rs 1 crore on behalf of the Punjab Government, while another cheque for Rs 1 crore had been given to the martyr family under the welfare policy of Punjab Police personnel on behalf of Director General Police (DGP), Punjab, Gaurav Yadav and HDFC Bank.
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He said the name of Mandeep Singh had also been recommended for the Presidential Gallantry Award (posthumously).
- PTC NEWS
