HIGHLIGHTS:
- Inayat Khan, a Bihar IAS officer from the 2012 batch, requested that officers open a bank account in Sheikhpura to gather funds for their families.
- She will pay the education of two girls, one each of CRPF troopers Ratan Kumar Thakur and Sanjay KunarSinha’s daughters.
- The Bihar government has also stated that, in addition to cash compensation, further assistance will be provided to the soldiers’ families.
What is in the news?
In Bihar, an IAS officer has volunteered to assist the families of two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troops who died in the Pulwama terror incident last week. District Magistrate Inayat Khan of Sheikhpura, 117 kilometres from Patna, has also offered to “adopt” a daughter child from each of the households. One of the troops has two daughters, but the other only has a son. His second child is on the way, thanks to his wife’s pregnancy.
Paying the fee of the two girls
Ms Khan, a Bihar cadre IAS officer, said that she will pay the education of two girls, one each of CRPF troopers Ratan Kumar Thakur and Sanjay KunarSinha’s daughters.
The officer from the 2012 batch, who was born in Agra, also requested that officers open a bank account in Sheikhpura to generate funds for their families. “We will divide and deliver to their families whatever amount is gathered by March 10th. I’d like to encourage everyone to contribute as much as they can so that we can support their family when they are in need “she stated
Ms Khan announced that she will donate two days’ pay to the two soldiers’ families. “All government employees in my district have been asked to donate one day’s wages to the families of the two martyrs,” she stated.
The Bihar government
The Bihar government has also stated that, in addition to cash compensation, further assistance will be provided to the soldiers’ families.
Sanjay Kumar Sinha’s family reported he had just returned from a month-long holiday before he went for Kashmir. Ratan Kumar Thakur’s bereaved relatives said that he had promised to call them on that terrible day. “Ratan had promised to call us in the evening after starting work in Srinagar. Instead, we received a call from his supervisor, who was informing us of the sad news “CRPF constable Niranjan Thakur’s father recounted.
“Ratan had promised to call us in the evening after starting work in Srinagar. Instead, we received a call from his supervisor, who was informing us of the sad news “CRPF constable Niranjan Thakur’s father recounted.
Last week, the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed killed over 40 CRPF troopers in a suicide strike.
