CM Kejriwal announces honorarium of Rs 1 cr to IB staffer's family

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday, March 2 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.

“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 in Hindi.

Sharma’s body was fished out of a drain in the Chand Bagh area last week.