Andhra Pradesh Government has announced an ex gratia of `40 lakh to the family of the slain Greyhound commando Mohammed Abu Bakar, who died in the encounter with the Maoists in the wee hours of Monday.
Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police Samba Siva Rao and the additional director general, Greyhounds K Sureinder Babau visited the bereaved family of Abu Bakar in Visakhapatanam and condoled the death of the commando. Sambasiva Rao also announced that the family will continue to get his salary till the age of superannuation.
The family, which lives in Visakhapatanam came to know about the death of Abu Bakar as the TV news channels started beaming the details of the fierce encounter since early morning on Monday. Seriously injured Abu Bakar was airlifted from Malkangiri district in Odisha to King George Hospital, Visakapatanam but succumbed to the injuries midway. The family members who rushed to the KGH were in tears as they came to known of the death of Abu Bakar.
Abu Bakar, son of an auto rickshaw driver Mohammed Madina, had joined the Greyhound force in 2011 and rose to become a senior commando. He was laid to rest with full state honors at a Muslim graveyard in Visakhapatanam on Tuesday. The family member recalled that Abu Bakar had visited them only week ago and three days back he received a call to return for an urgent operation. “Before leaving on the mission on Andhra-Odisha border he called us and said that he will return soon and spend one week with us. But now his body has come home”, said an inconsolable mother Nisa Begum. Another commando Satish Kumar was also injured in the encounter and he was under treatment at the KGH.