BJP demands compensation of Rs 25 lakh to family of Chamel Singh

Jammu: BJP today demanded compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the family of Indian prisoner Chamel Singh who was attacked and beaten to death by inmates in a Pakistani jail and said, he should be granted the status of a martyr. “A compensation of Rs 25 lakh has been demanded for the family members of Chamel Singh who died in Kot Lakhpat Jail on January 15 this year after inmates attacked him and beat him to death,” Rajya Sabha MP Avinash Rai Khanna, who is looking after the Jammu Kashmir affairs of the party, said today. [caption id=“attachment_750657” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Sarabjit’s body was today brought back to India. PTI. [/caption] In his letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Khanna has appreciated efforts of the government in giving a sum of Rs 25 lakh to the family of Sarabjit Singh, who was brutally beaten in Kot Lakhpat Jail and later on succumbed to his injuries on the early morning of May 2. Khanna also expressed in his letter that Pakistan government has violated Human Rights norms. Vital organs were removed before handing over the body of Chamel Singh to his family by Pakistani authorities after two months of his death, the MP said. State in-charge of BJP cells Sat Sharma, requested Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to look into the matter of Chamel Singh and compensate Singh’s family in the same manner as was done by Punjab government in the case of Sarabjit Singh. The Chief Minister should provide government jobs to all four sons of Chamel Singh, he said adding that Singh should granted the status of martyr. PTI