-PDP alliance Government headed by Mehbooba Mufti on Friday sanctioned ex-gratia relief of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of late Chamel Singh.
Singh was brutally murdered inside Kot lakhpat jail in Pakistan on January 15, 2013. He was serving a five-year-long jail term on charges of espionage.
The Cabinet also approved compassionate appointment for one family member of Chamel Singh.
Widow of Chamel Singh, Kamlesh Devi was struggling to earn justice from both the Centre and the State Governments for the last four years.
Reacting to the decision of the State Government Dara Singh, elder son of Chamel Singh told The Pioneer after a long wait of four years the State Government has sanctioned the compensation.
The Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in Srinagar also directed that pending cases of compensation/relief payable to kin of victims of cross border firing particularly of Samba and Bisnah Constituencies be settled as per the extant norms/guidelines.
The Cabinet further directed the matter with regard to grant of compensation to the kin of Armed forces killed/injured in cross border firing be taken up by the Home Department with the Ministry concerned in the Centre. The Cabinet also directed that the matter with regard to payment of compensation to livestock/cattle killed/injured in cross border firing be pursued by the Home Department.