The State Government issued an order to facilitate Government jobs to the next of kin of those killed in the riots in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had already announced Rs 10 lakh ex gratia each to the family of those killed in the carnage. However, Government jobs will be reportedly given just to one of the family members of each deceased. “Implementing the announcement made by Akhilesh Yadav on September 15, that one member the family of those killed in riots will be given a Government job according to their qualification, an order has been issued,” an official spokesman said here on Saturday afternoon.
He further said that 62 people were killed in the violence, of which five remain unidentified. He claimed that in one case, the age of the victim’s relative was less than 18 years, he would be accommodated after attainment of legal age. According to the spokesman, as per the proposal received by Divisional Commissioner of Saharanpur, seven persons would be given Government jobs in Group C.