In a major embarrassment for the Maharashtra Government, 15 police commandos martyred in a Naxal attack in Gadchiroli earlier this month will not get an insurance cover of ₹20 lakh because Maharashtra Police failed to renew group insurance policy offered under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) fund until last year. Jaiswal has now issued a strict reprimand to the Administrative Department after it lost the file in the back-and-forth process related to the SRE fund provided by the Centre. Sources said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has now issued orders to provide alternative insurance as an Extra Grant on an immediate basis from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Senior officials said the developments related to the insurance policy cover have greatly upset the families of the slain jawans. The Chief Minister had, following the attack, announced an aid of ₹50 lakh for every martyred jawan, but in the absence of the insurance cover, the government may have to substitute that with an Extra Grant.

Source: The Hindu May 15, 2019 16:52 UTC