Kejriwal, Rajnath announce compensation to slain NDMC

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Union Home minister Rajnath Singh today announced compensation of Rs one crore and Rs 25 lakh respectively to the family of NDMC's estate officer M M Khan who was shot dead by bike-borne assailants earlier this week.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) also offered a job to one of the family members of Khan and allotted a three-tier house to them.
The Delhi Chief Minister, who today visited the family members of Khan at his residence in Jamia Nagar, said that compensation will be given as "mark of respect". He was accompanied by NDMC Chairman Naresh Kumar.

"Visited the family of Sh Khan, the honest NDMC officer, who was murdered bcoz he refused to budge to illicit demands," the CM tweeted.
"Though loss can't be compensated, Del govt will pay Rs 1 cr to his family as mark of respect,(sic)," Kejriwal also said.
Rajnath Singh earlier in the day announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh to the family of Mohammed Moin Khan, a lawyer and an assistant legal advisor with NDMC, who was shot dead 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 leased by the civic body.

"NDMC has offered a job to one of the family members whoever is eligible. The Chief Minister was accompanied by NDMC chairman Naresh Kumar during his visit. Expenditure on education of Khan's children will also be incurred,"said a senior government official.

The official further said that during the meeting, investigating officers briefed the Chief Minister about the case.
The owner of The Connaught hotel and six others have been
arrested in connection with the murder of the 57-year-old estate officer.
The main accused, Ramesh Kakkar, owner of the four-star hotel, is learnt to have sent two of his associates for a meeting which NDMC Vice Chairman Karan Singh Tanwar, who later sent a letter to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung seeking removal of estate officer Khan, eleven days before he was to give his final order on the hotel's lease.

Denying any connection with the hotel, Tanwar said that two persons had approached him with a complaint against Khan and he had just forwarded the same to the LG.
Khan's relatives, however, maintained that there was immense pressure on him from "higher authorities" to waive off the penalty of around Rs 140 crore imposed on the hotel for violation of license terms and pass an order in connection with the property's lease, favouring The Connaught.
"There was immense pressure from seniors in NDMC but he (Khan) never mentioned any names," said Sham Khan, nephew of M M Khan.
We have come across allegations that Kakkar had sent agents to bribe Khan, pressurised him through various means and even threatened him. But so far we have not come across any evidence to substantiate the same, a senior police official said.

When asked about probing the role of NDMC officials in the matter, the official said, "the case is being investigated from all possible angles".
The concerned hotel 'The Connaught' was functioning on a property leased by the civic body. NDMC had sealed the property last year after the hotel authorities failed to abide by the eviction order following expiry of the lease.
The other party had then taken the matter to the court and on direction of the High Court, Khan was made the Estate Officer and he was to pass the final order in the lease matter on May 17.