STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: SSB Volunteers Welfare Society (SSBVWS) , Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday held a strong protest demanding compensation for one of the volunteer Santosh Singh who was killed on 14th December 2016 during a protest at Delhi.
A large number of SSB volunteers led by State President of the Society, Chiman Lal assembled at Babe Talab here and burnt effigy of Delhi Police amidst anti- government slogans.
He demanded martyr status for Santosh Singh and Rs 10 lakh compensation for his bereaved family besides government job to one of the family members. He also demanded from the Central Government as well as high command of Delhi Police to initiate a high level inquiry into the killing of Santosh Singh and also to take strong action against the culprits.
Chiman Lal also raised the issue of pending demands of SSB volunteers from border states regarding employment and pension. He said that their demands were raised in August this year.
He further said if government fails to resolve their demands the SSB volunteers of 15 states will start a strong agitation throughout the country for which government will be responsible for any untoward incident.
Others present in the protest included General secretary Om Parkash, Balveer Raj, Tilak Raj and Kamal Kumar.
