Gurbaxpuri
Tarn Taran, September 24
The wife of Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh Sandhu today threatened to return the award to the President and also seek his permission to die by suicide.
Expressing her anguish, Jagdish Kaur Sandhu said the family was provided insufficient security. “Only three cops have been assigned to us and one of them always remains on leave. Our family had bravely fought during terrorism days in Punjab and now militant groups have again become active. Three members of a terrorist module were arrested yesterday with bomb and hand grenades,” she said, adding that her family was a constant target of terrorists as Sandhu was also killed at the behest of militants in Pakistan.
She was also perturbed at the “partiality” in terms of facilities provided by the government, which were not on a par with the terrorist-hit families. Balwinder was shot on October 17 at his residence-cum-school complex in Bhikhiwind.
The family warned that in case the grievances were not redressed within five days, they would return the award to the President on October 2. “The state government had offered ex gratia of just Rs5 lakh. An equal amount of compensation was given to the families of those who died after consuming spurious liquor. It is nothing but humiliation,” Jagdish said.
She said the family of Sarabjit Singh, who was killed in a Pakistan jail, was given three government jobs, a petrol pump and huge amount as compensation, but they were never adequately compensated.
Poor security: Wife threatens to return Shaurya Chakra
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