Terming as “unfortunate” the killing of a serving IAF staffer’s father over rumour of eating or possessing beef in Dadri, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said on Saturday that they are looking at the possibility of moving the family to an Air Force area. Raha, who will shortly meet Corporal Mohammad Sartaj, said senior IAF officers were in touch with the family.
“Unfortunate incident or accident I would say. It is unfortunate that a serving jawan’s family has been affected resulting in death in the family.
We are already in touch,” Raha said while interacting with the media.
He said the IAF was providing whatever protection is required and “we are trying to move (them) to some Air Force area. We are with him and our people are there to assist the family”. Sartaj is currently posted in Chennai and efforts are on to either enable the rest of his family to move there or transfer him to an area where his family can be.
Asked if he would be writing to the state and central governments in this regard, Raha said writing to them is “superfluous” because everybody has understood in the government that such things cannot be accepted. Adequate actions are being taken at the government level, both central as well as in the state, he said.