Haryana Government has decided to provide job to a member or dependent of police officials who attain martyrdom during encounter incidents with anti-social elements.
Director General of Police, SN Vashisth while speaking at State-level Police Martyr’s Day celebration at Police lines in Panchkula said that a decision in this regard has been taken by Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
As per the decision, jobs would be given to a family member or dependent of the police officials, who attain martyrdom while fighting in an encounter with anti-social elements, terrorists or other criminal activities. Furthermore, jobs would also be given to the family member or dependent of the officials of fire services and magistrate, who died during such incident while assisting police.
He said that State Government has also made a provision to provide ex-gratia grant of Rs10 lakh and full salary till the age of retirement to the family member or dependents of martyred police officials.
Vashisth said that as many as 554 police officials of the country had laid down their lives last year in the line of duty.