Hands over job letters to 27 Next-Of-Kin of terror victims
SRINAGAR, Mar 15: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday vowed to secure justice for everyone who has been wronged by terrorists, while handing over appointment letters to 27 next-of-kin of terror victims here.
“I am resolute in securing justice for every terror victim’s family, and pending cases will be investigated to hold the perpetrators accountable,” Sinha said.
Sinha reaffirmed that lands or homes forcibly seized from terror-affected families will be liberated and returned, and cases yet to undergo investigation will receive impartial and transparent probes. The administration has succeeded in dispelling the shadow of injustice and ushering in a new dawn of justice at the doorsteps of terror victims’ families, he said.
“To date, around 400 next-of-kins have received employment, and we will continue relentlessly until we reach the very last family awaiting justice,” he said.
Sinha said that for decades, the poor and vulnerable families of the terror victims had clung to the hope of redress.
The campaign, which was launched from Baramulla last year, to deliver justice to terror victims’ families, has provided them with support, courage, and restored their tomorrow, the LG said.
“My aim throughout this process is to ensure that no terror-affected family slips into the cracks of neglect, fading from public and official gaze. I view these appointment letters as true justice, and today’s event stands as its living testament,” he said.
Manoj Sinha also handed over an appointment letter on compassionate grounds to the wife of Crime Branch photographer who was killed in the Nowgam police station blast last year.
An official spokesperson said the appointment letter was given to Shabeena Bashir, wife of deceased constable (photographer) Javid Mansoor Rather of Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir Police, who was martyred in Nowgam’s accidental blast.
Sinha assured all possible assistance and support from the administration to the bereaved family, the spokesperson said.
Rather was among the nine persons killed in the blast due to the huge cache of explosives kept at the Nowgam police station in November last year.
The explosives were seized from Faridabad as part of a crackdown on white collar terror in which several doctors were arrested.
