Kapurthala: The last rites of Gurdaspur SP Baljit Singh who died during the terror attack on Monday were held on Wednesday in Kapurthala in Punjab. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal also met the grieving family of the martyred SP.
Punjab government has announced that a relative of each member of the police force who lost their lives in the terror attack would be given government jobs. The bereaved families will also be given financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each. Apart from Baljit Singh, 3 others officers and 3 civilians were killed in the terror attack on Monday.
Baljit Singh's family had refused to cremate him till the state government handed over appointment letters of SP rank to his son and post of tehsildar to his daughters but later decided to drop their main demand following assurances from authorities.
The family agreed to abandon the main demand of jobs to deceased family following assurance given by Jalandhar zone Police IG Lok Nath Angra in a meeting with them at their residence, son of slain SP (Detective) Baljit Singh, Maninder Singh said.
He told that IG has assured him to consider all their demands sympathetically after the cremation of Baljit Singh.
Earlier, Kulwant Kaur, wife of the slain SP (Detective), had said the family had suffered a lot at the time of the death of her father-in-law, police inspector Achhar Singh, to get appointment for her husband and he had to wait for two years to get the job.
Baljit Singh was a son of police inspector Achhar Singh, who too was killed by terrorists in Punjab in 1984. Kaur also charged that the state government did not provide sophisticated weapon to the police force for fighting terrorists.
Former Punjab Chief minister Amarinder Singh had also visited Baljit Singh's house on Tuesday and said that state government should accept their genuine demand of job to the son of slain SP (Detective) who laid his life for the sake of country. He accused CM Badal of playing dirty politics in terrorist attack in Punjab.
President of Istri Akali Dal Bibi Jagir Kaur, former Akali Minister Upinderjit Kaur and BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia also visited the house of Baljit Singh to condole his death. Seven persons - four civilians and three policemen including Baljit, were killed by heavily-armed militants who stormed a police station in the district on Monday.
Baljit had joined the force in 1985 as ASI following the death of his father. He served as SHO Phagwara and with Vigilance department in Mansa before taking up the post of Deputy Commandant in 7th IRB Battalion. Baljit is survived by son, Maninder Singh (24), daughters Parminder Kaur (22) and Ravinder Kaur (20).
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