Majalta, June 05: A deputation of Apni Party leaders led by provincial president Jammu and former minister S Manjit Singh on Monday met the deceased family members of Deepak Kumar also known as Deepu who was killed by terrorists recently in Anantnag and extended support to the next of kin of the deceased. Deepu was a circus worker who was killed near Jagland Mandi in south Kashmir’s Anantnag town.
To express their solidarity with the bereaved family members, the Apni Party leaders met the family members at their village in Thail village in Bilaspur Majalta following the directions from party president Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari.
“We came here to meet the family members who are in poverty. I am shocked to see that their house has no approach road, no clean drinking water supply nor do they have their own house,” Manjit Singh said.
He said the family has no other source of earning after the killing of Deepu. “All the six members in the family including his father, brother, sister-in-law, their two children and the wife of Deepu are living in extreme poverty and they need to be provided financial support by the government,” he said.
Singh expressed anguish that “no senior government official visited the family to see the condition of their mud house which has no facilities, no electricity or drinking water”. “It appears the family is being discriminated against because they are Dalit,” he said.
In this situation, the Apni Party leader demanded that the LG Manoj Sinha should personally visit the family members of Deepu and extend support for the construction of concrete house, approach road, and clean drinking water.
He also appealed to the social and other organizations to come forward to help the family members of Deepu.
