Nagaon, Feb 20 : The district administration today decided to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to the family of the truck driver who was gunned down by three forest guards on Tuesday night.
The administration has also assured the family of a permanent source of earning in due course.
The assurances came after demands were raised by two associations of truck drivers for adequate compensation and a government job for a member of the victim’s family.
A high-level team led by additional deputy commissioner P.K. Rajkhowa, today visited the victim Kasem Ali’s residence at Mohkhuli, around 3km from the district headquarters, and assured them of financial assistance within three days and a source of earning for a member.
Additional superintendent of police Mujibur Rahman said the three forest guards were today produced in the chief judicial magistrate’s court that remanded them in judicial custody.
The trio, who were arrested yesterday, have confessed to gunning down the driver, after the latter had ignored the signal of the guards, who were in an inebriated condition, to stop at a Koliabor check-gate after a brief altercation, police said.
Hundreds of people accompanied by the Nagaon units of Truck Drivers Association and Truck Owners Association met the representatives of the district administration and demanded punishment to the culprits as per the law of the land.
The two associations later submitted a memorandum to deputy commissioner J. Balaji in this regard.
“We want a high-level inquiry into the matter, adequate compensation to the family, punishment to the culprits and a government job to one of the members of the family,” said Nirmal Nath, a member of Nagaon Truck Owners Association.
However, the overwhelming support from the fellow truckers was of little consolation to the family
“They would give me Rs 1 lakh, some promises and assurances. But will that be enough to help realise the dreams we had for our four children?” asked the victim’s wife Rasheda, who is still in a state of shock.
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