Shimla Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today visited the house of SD Mehta, father of Brigadier RD Mehta, who along with three others was recently killed in the car bomb blast in an attack on Indian Embassy at Kabul.
In his condolence message to the family, the chief minister said that the sacrifice of Brig Mehta would not go waste since he had upheld the rich tradition of the Indian forces. He assured the family all possible help from the state government and announced Rs 3 lakh as ex-gratia grant to the family. The chief minister also named a city road originating at Longwood Chowk near RKMV upto Keleston after Brig. Mehta.
Dhumal also sent his condolences to the bereaved family of Roop Singh of Dhaban village in Mandi Sadar tehsil in district Mandi, who too had been martyred in the above attack at Kabul. He announced a sum of Rs. 1.00 lakh as ex-gratia grant to the family of martyr Roop Singh.
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It is really sad that a bright, upcoming and promising army officer Brig R.D. Mehta who was posted as defence attachee in Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghansitan was killed by the brutal suicide bomb blast in Indian embassy, Kabul. Alongwith Brig RD Mehta, a couple of Indian engineers and the civilian staff engaged in constuction of strategic roads and infrastructure in strife torn Afghanistan as a welfare measure by Indian government for the friendly people of Afghanistan were also killed. There is no doubt that this suicide bomb blast in Indian embassy, Kabul is the handiwork of Pakistan ISI who are hell-bent in thwarting India’s development Projects in Afghanistan. It is time, Afghnistan government had taken very tough measures in Afghanistn against Pakistan ISI.