Faridkot, August 6: The state government’s offer of job for one member each of two families of Behbal Kalan police firing victims has come as a surprise to many, as the family members have already been given jobs by the then SAD-BJP government in January 2016.
Prabhdeep Singh (24), son of victim Krishan Bhagwan Singh, and Jagdeep Singh (25), younger brother of deceased Gurjit Singh, are working as senior laboratory attendant at Government High School, Behbal Kalan, and Romana Albel Singh Wala, respectively, since January 2016.
Their services were regularised in January this year and both are now drawing a salary of Rs 30,000 per month.
During his visit to the village on November 17, 2015, the then Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal had announced jobs for the affected families.
While the family members have denied to comment on the recent job offer, radical Sikh group leaders, who have been on a protest dharna at Bargari since June 1, said the announcement of the state government to hand over the case to the CBI, jobs to the kin of deceased and hike in the compensation amount was an attempt to divert the people’s attention from the main issue.
Baljit Singh Daduwal, parallel jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib, said after around three years of the incident and probe by two judicial commissions, instead of taking any concrete action against the guilty, the government was trying to further delay the matter.
Source Tribune India
