Arvind Kejriwal announces honorarium of Rs 1 crore for IB staffer's family

NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced an honorarium of Rs 1 crore for the family of intelligence bureau staffer Ankit Sharma who lost his life in the northeast Delhi's communal violence. Kejriwal said a family member of Sharma will also be given a government job.




"Ankit Sharma was a brave officer. He was brutally murdered in the riots. The country is proud of him. The Delhi government has decided that his family will be given an honorarium of Rs 1 crore, and a job to one person of his family. May his soul rest in peace," the Delhi chief minister tweeted.

Sharma's body was fished out of a drain in

Chand Bagh

area last week.
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