Haryana approves `12 cr for 1984 riots victims

Following the recommendations of Justice TP Garg Commission appointed to probe the anti-Sikh riots in 1984, Haryana Government has approved a sum of `12.07 crore for the victims.

The one-man commission headed by retired Justice TP Garg had recommended `12.07 crore in compensation for the kin of victims in Gurgaon and Pataudi and damage to their properties. As many as 36 people died in the riots at the two places.

The 300-page report of the commission of inquiry, constituted to probe incidents of violence during the 1984 riots in Pataudi and Gurgaon, was submitted to the Haryana Government on April 29 this year.

Haryana Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu on Tuesday said that the Commission had received 193 applications from Gurgaon and Pataudi for compensation. 

Thereafter, the Commission held a total of 109 meetings and heard 384 witnesses. A total of 367 documents were presented before the Commission, he added.

Capt. Abhimanyu said that on the basis of report received from the Commission, `5.75 crore have been approved for 36 cases of death and `26 lakh for two cases of injury. Similarly, `4.80 crore have been approved for 96 cases of damage caused to residential property. 

The Minister said that compensation has also been approved for 84 cases of damage to commercial property.