Humanitarian Touch: J&K Bank appoints kin of slain guards, provides financial relief of Rs 10 Lakhs each

TNN Bureau. Updated: 12/16/2017 11:16:25 PM Jammu and Kashmir

Father of Insha Bashir (an accident victim at the bank’s Business Unit) was appointed as chef

Srinagar: Displaying a unique humanitarian approach, the J&K Bank today granted jobs to the kins of slain of two private security guards namely Tariq Ahmad and Mushtaq Ahmad in Shopian who were gunned down by unidentified gunmen besides handing over the financial help of 10 lakhs to each family. Meanwhile it also created avenue for earning a livelihood for another family by appointing a kin of a deceased as chef.
Chairman and CEO J&K Bank Parvez Ahmad handed over the appointment letters and cash certificates worth Rs 10 Lakhs each to the bereaved families here at the Corporate Headquarters in presence of President P K Tickoo, Zonal Head South Tasaduq Hussain, Vice-President M Ayoub Wanchoo, Cluster Head Muzaffar Qadri and other bank officials. Notably the amount has been contributed by the bank staff for the welfare of the two aggrieved families.
Here it needs to mention that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had also expressed anguish over the incident and appealed for support of the families of killed security guards.
Expressing his heartfelt condolences to families of the slain personnel, the Chairman said, “These slain security guards were sole breadwinners for their families.
“As socially responsible institution, we have appointed their kin to, at least, secure their financial position in the society.”
He also stressed upon the need to create social security system for the survivors of such situations that can rehabilitate the families facing such tragedies in our state.
Notably Altaf Ahmad Shah (MA, BEd) - brother of Mushtaq Ahmad Shah has been appointed as Assistant Banking Associate while as Umar Anwar (Middle Pass) -brother of Tariq Ahmad has been engaged as a Banking Attendant. It is pertinent to mention that both slain guards were unmarried and that is why their kin were provided the job in the bank. Notably, they were employees of a private security firm working under an arrangement with bank.
Meanwhile, in response to the requests from the inhabitants of Ratnipora for proper rehabilitation of the family of Insha Bashir, who died in the month of July following an unfortunate incident at the bank’s Business Unit there; the bank has also engaged the services of her father Bashir Ahmad Sofi, a professional cook, as chef. On the occasion, Chairman also handed over the appointment letter to the family.


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