BJP demands Rs.50 lakh compensation for Dalit Jagmail’s family; Chugh terms Amarinder govt. indifferent & insensitive

Chandigarh, November 18, 2019: Terming Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government as insensitive to the plight of dalits in the state, the BJP today said it was highly unfortunate that the Chief Minister was away enjoying his vacations and the administration has taken the issue lightly showing as if nothing has happened. Tarun Chugh, the national secretary of the BJP, demanded Rs.50 lakh compensation for dalit youth Jagmail Singh’s family. No amount of compensation would be enough for a family who has lost its breadwinner in most unfortunate and shameful circumstances, he said. Chugh, who has shot off a letter to National Commissioner for Scheduled Castes, today said the state government must start with Rs.8.25 lakh compensation, Rs.5,000 monthly pension and a job for one of the family members of the decased but an amount of Rs.50 lakh must be paid to the family as it was a rarest of rare cases of brutality with a dalit. The BJP leader has requested the SC Commission to direct the state government to act as per the provisions of SC, ST Act. Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded Rs. 50 lakh compensation for the kin of dalit man Jagmail Singh’s family. “The government should rise to the unfortunate occasion and announce to build a home for the family and also arrange for the education of the children of the deceased,” Chugh said adding that the mother, the wife and three children of the deceased, who was a petty labourer, have been left to fend for themselves,” he said. Chugh said the indifferent attitude of the government was evident from the facts that the Chief Minister was away to Europe on a vacation and the administration has turned a blind eye to one of the most horrific murders of a dalit in the state. “Even after such an open and shut case, the pace with which the Police seems to be moving, shows the approach of Congress government towards the hapless family,” he said. Chugh asked the Chief Secretary and the DGP to ensure that the trial is handed over to a fast track court so that the murderers get punished at the earliest and the family gets justice. CAPT AMARINDER ORDERS GROUP-D JOB FOR JAGMAIL’S WIDOW, FREE EDUCATION FOR HIS KIDS TILL GRADUATION & RS 20L FOR FAMILY Chandigarh, November 18, 2019: Acting on Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s directives, the state government on Monday announced Rs. 20 lakh in compensation for the family of the Dalit man murdered in Changali Wala village in Sangrur district. The decision was announced after a meeting between three cabinet ministers and other high officials with the deceased’s widow Manjit Kaur and other family members. Cabinet Ministers Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Charanjit Singh, Vijay Inder Singla and CM’s Secretary Political Capt Sandeep Sandhu represented the government at the meeting held at the Chief Minister’s Office. After the meeting, the family lifted their protest dharna outside the residence of former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal in her native village Lehra. It was decided at the meeting that the deceased’s widow would be provided a group-D job near her residence, thereby giving relaxation in the prescribed educational qualification. It was also decided to provide free ration up to six months to the family. The entire expenditure on the bhog of deceased would be borne by the state government. Further, the state would provide Rs. 1.25 lakh for the repair of the house of Jagmail Singh. The Government has also decided to provide free education to the deceased’s children studying in class ninth, sixth and first, up to graduation level. According to an official spokesperson, the family was informed that the Chief Minister has ordered a comprehensive probe by an ADGP rank officer into the murder case. The Chief Minister has ordered the police the challan in the case within a week. All effort would be made to ensure stringent punishment for the culprits within three months. The ADGP has also been mandated to probe the lapses by the officers, if any, to fix their accountability. The spokesperson disclosed that DGP Dinkar Gupta had deputed ADGP Gurpreet Deo to undertake the enquiry and to submit a list of recommendations so as to prevent such unfortunate incidents/delays if any in filing the case, in the future. The enquiry officer‘s responsibility should also be fixed to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the erring officers, said the DGP.