Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday handed over cheques of Rs 1 crore each to the family members of slain NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad and NDMC legal adviser MM Khan.
National Investigation Agency officer Ahmad was shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants in front of his wife and children in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh in April. Police arrested the main accused in the case on June 28.
Khan was shot dead in Jamia Nagar here on May 16, a day before he was scheduled to pass the final order on the lease terms of hotel ‘The Connaught’ which was functioning on a property of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). The Delhi Police has arrested a hotelier in connection with his murder.
Noting that the solatium amount was “nothing” compared to the bravery shown by the two officers and cannot compensate for the lives lost, Kejriwal added that the relief money given by the Government is a mark of respect for Khan and Ahmad.
“In view of the atmosphere of ‘corruption’ in the country today, he (Khan) could have taken the bribe owing to poor financial condition of his family, but he refused. I want to request you (family members of both Khan and Ahmad) to approach me if you face any difficulty. We will continue our fight to ensure justice to you,” he said.
AAP Okhla MlA Amanatullah Khan, who is also the Chairman of Delhi Waqf Board, requested Kejriwal that the Board be given permission to bear all expenditures on education of the three daughters of the NDMC estate officer and a daughter and a son of Ahmad.
The ruling AAP has been alleging involvement of BJP MP Maheish Girri and NDMC vice-chairman Karan Singh Tanwar in the murder of Khan. However, both were given clean chit by the Delhi Police.
The compensation cheques came days after NDMC vice-chairman Karan Singh Tanwar accused the AAP Government of making false promises to the family of Khan.