MLA: Rs 50-lakh aid for havildar’s kin

Tribune News Service

Karnal, February 21

Gharaunda MLA and Hafed chairman Harvinder Kalyan on Thursday said the state government would extend a financial assistance of Rs 50 lakh to the family of havildar Baljeet Singh (35), who was killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir recently.

He said a government job would also be provided to one of members of the martyr’s family. “As per the government policy, Rs 50 lakh will be given to the martyr’s family. The process to provide a government job and naming the government school in the village after Baljeet Singh has already been started,” said the MLA.