Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has announced ex-gratia of Rs 12 lakh for the next of kin of Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh, one of the victims of the barbaric assault by Pakistani troops in which two soldiers of the Indian Army were killed and their bodies brutally mutilated in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday.
The Chief Minister, who will visit the native village of Paramjit Singh in Tarn Taran on May 7, also deputed his Cabinet colleague, Rana Gurjit Singh, on Tuesday to personally meet the bereaved family of the deceased to share their tragic loss.
According to a government spokesperson, while Rs 5 lakh in cash and a plot worth the same amount would be given to Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh’s wife and children, Rs 2 lakh would be paid to his parents.
Besides, the Chief Minister also announced that a suitable government job would be given to the next of kin of the martyred soldier and his children would get free education for degree courses at one of the nine Sainik Institutes of Management and Technology in the state.
The Chief Minister also sanctioned Rs 1 lakh, through the Red Cross, for renaming the local government rest house in Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh's name.
DAUGHTER DEMANDS ‘50 HEADS IN RETURN’ FOR SOLDIER FATHER’S SACRIFICE
Shattered and traumatized with the news of her father’s horrific death at the hands of the Pakistani Army in Krishna Ghatti, Jammu and Kashmir, the daughter of Border Security Force (BSF) head constable Prem Sagar on Tuesday demanded “50 heads in return” for her father’s life.
“His sacrifice should not be forgotten, we want 50 heads in return for his life,” said Saroj while consoling her mother, who was still coming to terms with her husband’s gruesome death.
The relatives of the late solider also rebuked the Centre’s ‘lax attitude’ against Pakistan, and asserted that due to the government’s inaction, such brutalities were happening again.
“The government is not acting properly on such issues. We should retaliate to this inhuman act of Pakistan; the Centre should not just sit idle and let Pakistan carry on its atrocities,” said the constable’s relative.
“I am proud of my brother that he sacrificed his life for the nation, but is it heart-wrenching the way the body has been mutilated by the Pakistan military,” said his brother, Dayashanker.
PAK ARMY COMMITTING SIMILAR ATROCITIES AS ISIS, TALIBAN: BALOCH LEADER
Lashing out at the Pakistan Army for mutilating the bodies of two Indian Army soldiers in Krishna Ghati, Jammu and Kashmir, exiled Baloch leader Munir Mengal on Monday called on the Indian Government to relentlessly pursue revenge.
“I condemn the Pakistan Army’s inhuman mutilation of Indian soldiers’ bodies. On the one hand, you have killed them and then you disgrace them. We Baloch people have seen and we understand this, how devilish the Pakistan government and the Pakistan army are,” Mengal said.
Mengal alleged that the Pakistan Army is doing the same things which the ISIS is doing and what the Taliban has done, adding that they are insulting the Baloch people in worst form than this.
“The Pakistan Army has put the Baloch people in boiling coal tar. We have seen how they have tortured Baloch people and have thrown their bodies on the roads and the act they have done to the Indian soldiers is strongly condemnable,” he said.
“It’s up to the Indian government, Indian people and Indian Army to decided the way they want to reply to Pakistan and we all hope that the Indian Government will avenge the act," he said.
Two Indian soldiers were killed on Monday in the Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
