Rs.25 lakh aid given to slain Delhi cop’s widow
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday handed over a cheque of Rs.25 lakh (Rs.2.5 million) to the widow of Delhi Police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma who was killed in Batla House shootout in September last year.
The state government has already given an ex-gratia amount of Rs.11 lakh (Rs.1.1 million) and appointed his wife Maya as a teacher in a government school, officials here said.
‘The Delhi government has highest regard for bravery and supreme sacrifice of the late Mohan Chand Sharma,’ said an official statement here.
Sharma, 44, was hit by three bullets when he went to capture five suspected terrorists in south Delhi’s Batla House Sep 19 last year.
He later succumbed to the injuries in a hospital.
Sharma had joined Delhi Police as sub-inspector in 1989. He was given an out-of-turn promotion and made inspector in 1995. He was awarded the President’s Medal seven times.
Sharma was also posthumously conferred with Ashok Chakra for showing exemplary courage and devotion to duty.
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