The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has announced Rs five lakh cash award for the killers of Namdhari sect matriarch Mata Chand Kaur, besides Rs two lakh in 2011 murder case of Namdhari leader Avtar Singh Tari.
The central premier agency’s notice stated that any person, who provides credible information about the suspects involved in the murder, would be given a cash award.
Mata Chand Kaur, wife of Namdhari sect head Satguru Jagjit Singh Namdhari, was killed by unidentified persons on April 4, 2016, at the gate of Dera Bhaini Sahib. “The CBI has announced a cash reward of Rs five lakh for providing the authentic and dependable information about killing of Mata Chand Kaur,” said the spokesperson.
Spokesperson said that in another case, the CBI has announced the reward of Rs two lakh for giving clue of the killers of Avtar Singh Tari who too was murdered by unidentified persons on April 12, 2011, who came on motorcycle and murdered him by firing with AK-47 at Katani Kalan Chandigarh Main Road, in Ludhiana district.
In both the cases, the information can be given to the CBI office in Chandigarh over phone or by meeting personally and the name and address of the informer will be kept secret, said the spokesperson.