NEW DELHI / AMN
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a visit abroad has sanctioned Rs. one lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to the next of kin of the E-rickshaw driver Ravindra Kumar who was beaten to death for stopping two people from urinating in the public in New Delhi.
Prime Minister condemned the incident and directed the authorities to bring to book and punish the culprits for committing such inhuman act.
Earlier in the day Urban Development and Information & Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu visited the family of the e-rickshaw driver at GTB Nagar in New Delhi.
He also handed over a cheque of Rs. 50,000 from his salary to the family terming the act as condemnable. Shri Naidu said that the culprits must be punished.
Talking to reporters the Minister said the Centre will see how the wife of the deceased can be assisted as she is of tender age. He said the BJP will also provide compensation to the victim’s family.
Earlier, Mr. Naidu asked the Delhi Police Commissioner to take stern action against the culprits. On Saturday, 32-year-old e-rickshaw driver was beaten to death allegedly by a dozen men after he objected to a few of them urinating outside the GTB Nagar metro station in North Delhi.
