Sahara to pay martyrs' families five times salary

NEW DELHI: Paying tribute to the security ersonnel who sacrificed their lives in the Mumbai terror attacks, Sahara India Pariwar on Sunday said it will pay five tmes the gross salaries of each martyr to their families for the next ten years.

Subrata Roy-led Sahara India Pariwar said in a statement that as an expression of its emotional empathy and solidarity, it has decided to pay per month an amount equivalent to five times the gross salaries of the security personnel who sacrificed their lives, for the next 10 years, to their respective families.
    
If their children do not turn 21 after 10 years, the payment shall continue until they reach that age, it added.
    
"We, at Sahara India Pariwar, salute the brave Army, NSG and police personnel who, in a display of unmatched valour, grit & courage, managed to subdue the nefarious deeds of these evil forces," the statement said.
    
This is just a token tribute from Sahara India Pariwar to these brave men whose deeds shall be enshrined in letters of gold in the annals of Indian history, it added.