HP CM announces ₹4 lakh ex gratia for Mosul victims

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday announced a relief of ₹4 lakh to the next of kin of all four Himachalis massacred by ISIS terrorists at Mosul in Iraq, officials said.

Thirty five Indians, including these four, were missing since 2014 and could not be located despite best efforts by the Union government.

Of the four youth from Himachal Pradesh, three hailed from Kangra district and one from Mandi.

Thakur spoke to the family members of the victims and said the state government was with them in this hour of distress, the officials said.

He spoke to Raman, elder

OF 4 HIMACHAL YOUTHS, THREE HAILED FROM KANGRA DISTRICT AND ONE FROM MANDI

brother of late Aman of Pasu village near Dharamshala, Pardesi Ram father of late Inderjeet Singh of Lanj in Kangra district, Dilawar Singh father of late Sandeep Kumar of Fatehpur of Kangra district and Beli Ram father of late Hem Raj of Bayla gram panchayat in Mandi district .

The CM said the tragedy was not just unfortunate but also a brutal, cowardly and inhuman act which should be condemned by one and all.