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Source: The Hindu (http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072154470300.htm)
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Naveen announces sops for kin of slain policemen
Staff Reporter
He reviews the law and order situation at Malkangiri
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paying homage to the martyrs at Malkangiri on Sunday.
BERHAMPUR: In the midst of tears and wails of family members of policemen killed in the landmine blast at MV- 126 even the Orissa Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik could not restrain his emotions during his visit to Malkangiri on Sunday.
The Chief Minister had reached Malkangiri by helicopter with a series of sops for the bereaved families in hand. The whole Malkangiri town was under the strict vigil of heavily armed police patrols. After getting down Mr. Patnaik reached the martyrs’ memorial at Special Operation Group (SOG) training ground pay his respects to the 17 SOG jawans killed in the recent landmine blast. Then he rushed to the office of the Malkangiri Superintendent of Police to meet the family members of the policemen killed just five days back.
He was to meet the families and hand over cheques worth Rs. 4 lakh to them. The wounds of parting were still ripe in the minds of family members most of whom broke down to tears before the Chief Minister. The aged mothers who had lost their sons as well as the young widows had a single sentence on their mouth when they accepted the cheque from the Chief Minister, “Can this cheque compensate what we have lost”. The CM had no answer to this question except a few drops of tears that gathered up in the corners of his eyes.
He also tried to pacify the constables and havildars of Malkangiri who had irked after the recent naxal killings. Accepting one of their major demands Mr. Patnaik declared that the family members of all the 17 policemen killed in the landmine blast would be provided homestead land either in the district where they worked or in their home district. He also accepted a memorandum of the Constable and Havildar Association of Malkangiri district regarding their other demands. To boost the morale of these policemen he declared that all possible measures were being taken strengthen the police force against the naxals.
Later he held a high-level meeting with the administrative and police officials at Malkangiri circuit house to review the progress of developmental projects as well as law and order in the district. Speaking to newsmen at Malkangiri, he reiterated that no one would be allowed to destroy the image of the Orissa as a peaceful State.
He said more local tribal youths would be recruited into the police force in naxal-infested districts like Malkangiri to thwart evil plans of naxals. He also added that recruitment norms like educational qualification might be relaxed for these tribal youths during their intake into police force. According to him the families of killed policemen would get the full salary till their date of retirement and one member of the family would get a Government job.
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