Over Rs 2 crore donated to martyrs families through Bharat Ke Veer website

May 07, 2017 19:23

A modest amount of Rs 2.1 crore has been donated by the people through an online portal launched by the home ministry to help families of paramilitary personnel who laid down their lives fighting extremists.

Around Rs 60 lakh of the said amount has been received for 25 personnel who were massacred by the Maoists at Sukma in Chhattisgarh on April 24.

Encouraging response to #BharatKeVeer website. Within a month, the portal has received more than Rs 2 crore for helping martyrs families, Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted.

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