KHANNA ASKS BCCI TO DONATE `5 CR FOR MARTYRS’ FAMILIES

New Delhi, Feb. 17: BCCI acting president CK Khanna on Sunday appealed to Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai to sanction at least `5 crore for the families of the Indian soldiers, martyred in the Pulwama terror attack.

Former India opener Virender Sehwag has already declared that children of martyr’s families will be provided free education at his ‘Sehwag Intrernational School’. The Vidarbha team also announced that they would donate their entire Irani Cup winners’ prize money for the welfare of the martyrs’ families.

“We are saddened and join our fellow Indian citizens in condemning the dastardly Pulwama Terror attack. Our heartfelt condolences to the families of the martyred soldiers,” Khanna wrote in a letter to COA.

“I request the CoA that BCCI should contribute at least `5 crore through the appropriate government agencies to the families of the martyred soldiers,” the acting president further wrote. —