J&K. Lt Governor directs to reopen terror victims’ cases & ensure jobs for next of kin.

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor, Manoj Singh today directed the Deputy Commissioners and SSPs of the UT to reopen cases on priority which were deliberately buried and file an FIR and ensure jobs to the next of kins of all terror victim families. He informed that a Special Cell will be established in LG Secretariat to address concerns of terror victim families.


He further directed them to take immediate measures to free terror victim families’ property and land grabbed by terrorists and their sympathisers.

Chairing a high-level meeting in Srinagar to discuss the issues concerning victim families whose loved ones were brutally killed by Pakistan-backed terrorists, Mr. Sinha urged the officials to identify those elements from terror ecosystem who were involved in killing of common Kashmiris and currently working in Government Departments. He said financial assistance under MUDRA and handholding must be extended to the terror victim family members who want to start their self-employment venture.

After chairing a high-level meeting to discuss issues concerning families whose members were killed by Pakistan-backed terrorists, Sinha posted on X: “Directed DCs and SSPs to reopen cases deliberately buried and file an FIR and ensure jobs are provided to next of kin on priority.”

Sinha directed officers to take immediate measures to free terror victim families’ property and land grabbed by terrorists or their sympathisers on an urgent basis. “The officials should identify those elements from the terror ecosystem who were involved in killing common Kashmiris and are currently working in government departments. The financial assistance under MUDRA and handholding must be extended to the terror victim family members who want to start their self-employment venture,” the lieutenant governor told the officials at the meeting.