Family of deceased Delhi Police official but to obtain the 1 crore promised by Kejriwal

The spouse of Delhi Police constable Amit Kumar, who was the primary casualty of the coronavirus within the drive, has given delivery to a child lady on January 15. The daughter has been nicknamed ‘Annie’, as per the needs of the late policemen, stated the household.
#Delhi Wife of Const Amit-1st #Covid19 demise in @DelhiPolice -gave delivery to child lady on Jan 15.She received to find out about her being pregnant on thirteenth day of his demise.She’snamed her Annie-name desired by officer if he ever had a lady.Family nonetheless hasn’t rec 1cr ex-gratia introduced by CM. pic.twitter.com/AIkFvshe1P— Hemani Bhandari (@HemaniBhandari) January 20, 2021
Kumar died from the virus on May 5, following which his spouse Pooja and their 3-year-old son additionally examined optimistic for the contagion. 13 days after his demise, whereas Pooja was in a quarantine centre, she got here to know that she is pregnant, as per studies.
“Amit always said if we had a daughter, we will name her Annie so I kept it as her nickname. I have also decided on her real name—Ojasvi,” Pooja stated. Pooja, who was discharged on Monday, believes Amit has returned to her within the type of Annie’s. “It is my belief…I conceived her around the same time when he left us…also, she looks identical to her father…the resemblance is uncanny.”
Amit Kumar’s widow but to obtain ex gratia of Rs 1 crore introduced by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
While the household is elated with the addition of a brand new member, they’re nonetheless ready for the ex gratia of Rs 1 crore promised by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on the time of Amit’s demise. Kejriwal had taken to Twitter to acknowledge the sacrifices made by the late Delhi Police officer and declared {that a} compensation of Rs 1 crore can be granted to Kumar’s household.
अमित जी अपनी जान की परवाह ना करते हुए करोना की इस महामारी के समय हम दिल्ली वालों की सेवा करते रहे। वे खुद करोना से संक्रमित हो गए और हमें छोड़ कर चले गए। उनकी शहादत को मैं सभी दिल्लीवासियो की ओर से नमन करता हूँ। उनके परिवार को 1 करोड़ रुपए की सम्मान राशि दी जाएगी। https://t.co/n1eNmZNNCw— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 7, 2020
Pooja, Amit’s widow, says that the household was just lately knowledgeable that their son’s file has been rejected by the Delhi authorities as a result of it didn’t meet their necessities. She added that they’d submitted all the mandatory paperwork sought by the federal government division however had been later knowledgeable that their file has been rejected on the bottom that Amit wasn’t on COVID-19 obligation.
However, Pooja was provided a job within the drive for which she has acquired an official communication and has a check scheduled in March. She is hopeful of clearing the check and touchdown the job.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister on Tuesday visited the Delhi Police Headquarters on Tuesday to pay his tributes to the “COVID Warriors” of the Delhi Police drive whose names had been written on the board. As per Delhi Police officers, 33 police officers had died of COVID-19 and none of them had acquired the ex-gratia of ₹1 crore as introduced by the Delhi authorities.
Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP authorities fails to honour guarantees of compensating police officers for his or her COVID-19 obligation
A report printed final month said that Aam Aadmi Party authorities in Delhi had rejected claims filed by 12 out of 15 households of police personnel who died of coronavirus whereas on obligation. The Arvind Kejriwal authorities rejected the information on the grounds that the police officers weren’t on COVID-19 obligation.
As per the report, not less than 31 law enforcement officials in Delhi have misplaced their lives because of coronavirus. Of these, 15 had been on coronavirus obligation. Of these 15, 12 claims had been rejected whereas 3 had been pending with the Delhi authorities.
The report cited a case of Delhi Police constable Yogendra Prasad Yadav, who misplaced his life whereas on COVID obligation. He was posted on the Paschim Vihar police station in outer Delhi and succumbed to the virus on July 7, 2020. He was despatched throughout to make sure that the residents of Delhi observe lockdown norms. However, the Delhi authorities, after making lofty guarantees of compensating frontline staff together with police personnel for his or her COVID-19 obligation, rejected Yadav’s declare as nicely.
The rejection letter by Delhi authorities reads, “the deceased was performing his routine duty assigned to him and was not deployed for Covid-19 duty, which is a mandatory condition to become eligible for grant of ex gratia of Rs 1 crore.” Yadav’s father, questioning Delhi Government on the definition of ‘COVID duty’ requested the Delhi Chief Minister to maintain his promise.
Aruna Sharma, the spouse of Inspector Sanjay Sharma, who additionally died of the coronavirus in August, stated that she too had acquired a rejection letter from the Delhi authorities. She stated she had approached the chief minister’s workplace by way of cellphone and requested the officers for an viewers of 5 minutes to current her case earlier than them. Sharma says she fails to understand how the Delhi authorities might reject her husband’s eligibility when he was posted in Police Control Room Unit and was taking rounds of all of the purple zones as nicely.