J&K LG Manoj Sinha hands over job letters to kin of terror victims

BARAMULLA: As the J&K authorities dismantles the panic ecosystem by going aft terrorists and overground workers (OGWs), it has embarked connected a parallel travel to honour, compensate and reward families destroyed by terrorists with wanton killings of their kin, lone due to the fact that they stood up to them oregon refused to articulation oregon assistance them.J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha connected Sunday distributed the archetypal batch of occupation assignment letters to the next-of-kin (NOK) of astir 50 families who had seen terrorists brutally snuff the beingness retired of their father, mother, member oregon sister, successful galore cases their sole breadwinner, since the onset of coercion successful J&K.The accounts of NOKs of the terror-hit families who were fixed occupation letters by the LG - ironically, coinciding with J&K Martyrs' Day - are horrific.

One of them was Abida Bano's household from Kupwara. Abida, who was conscionable 15 years old, was killed successful firing by terrorists connected July 22, 2003, due to the fact that her household refused to unfastened the doorway erstwhile they had travel looking for information.At the relation was besides Raja Begum from Kupwara who had seen her hubby and 3 children gunned down by terrorists successful 1999 lone due to the fact that the household believed successful staying distant from conflict. There were besides families of 3 friends - Haseeb Khan, 20, Irfan Sheikh, 22 and Mohd Asgar Sheikh, 24 - who were killed by LeT terrorists astatine constituent blank scope successful Baramulla successful 2018 aft they were utilized arsenic pawns successful a warfare they ne'er joined.

For years, NOKs had to look societal isolation and economical hardship, moving from pillar to station to get compensation oregon a occupation owed to them. In galore cases, constabulary did not adjacent registry an FIR; terrorists forced immoderate to vacate their properties. Ironically, the precise terrorists who destroyed these families were hailed arsenic state fighters with section politicians attending their wide funerals until 5 to six years back. Even panic OGWs were appointed by past dispensations to posts successful the J&K medication and police.Sheetal Sen, whose member Hansraj was gunned down by terrorists successful Kishtwar successful 2001, told TOI, "Since past I person tally from pillar to station for a job. I was turned distant each clip asking to get immoderate papers oregon the other. But LG Manoj Sinha acknowledged our hardship and has fixed maine a occupation successful wellness department."The latest strategy to assistance and facilitate NOKs of panic victims, finalised by Sinha successful consultation with the UT medication and police, offers 4 benefits focused connected 'justice and jobs'. These see jobs oregon self-employment avenues to NOK; fiscal compensation owed to them nether MHA guidelines; filing and pursuing constabulary FIRs wherever justness was denied; restoration of properties taken distant from these families by the terrorists.NOKs volition beryllium handheld by the J&K medication to commencement self-employment ventures with PM Mudra loans that present person a Rs 20 lakh limit.