India News | Punjab CM Visits Dead Soldier's Family, Hands over Rs 1 Cr Cheque

Ferozepur, Jul 22 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday visited deceased soldier Kuldeep Singh's family here and handed over a Rs 1 crore cheque to them.

Sepoy Singh, a resident of Lohke Kalan village in Ferozepur, died while on duty at the Indo-China border in Ladakh on July 10.

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Mann told Singh's family that the state government was duty bound to help them at this moment.

“Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has handed over a cheque of Rs 1 crore to them (family members) as a mark of respect for his (soldier's) supreme sacrifice for the country," an official statement said.

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It said Mann, along with AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, had promised the people during a 'Tiranga Yatra' in the state earlier that Rs 1 crore financial assistance will be given to the family of a soldier attaining martyrdom while on duty.

"Fulfilling his promise, the chief minister handed over the cheque to the family at their native village," the statement said.

It said Rs 1 crore included Rs 95 lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund and Rs 5 lakh from the Department of Defence Services and Welfare.

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