The Haryana government today provided a financial assistance of Rs 50 lakh to the family of a jawan who lost his life in a ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mandeep Singh, 30, a jawan in 17th Sikh regiment, was killed in a ceasefire violation along the LoC in Machhal Sector in Jammu and Kashmir in October last year.
The government gave a cheque of Rs 25 lakh to his wife, a head constable with Haryana police, an official spokesman said, adding that two Rs 12.50 lakh cheques were handed over to Mandeep's mother Nirmala and father Phool Singh.
The cheques were given to the family members after Mandeep's wife Prerna and brother Sandeep Singh took up the matter with the Prime Minister Office in Delhi earlier in the day.
A native of Antehri village of Kurukshetra district, Mandeep's body was mutilated after being killed..
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