25 May,2018 06:24 PM IST | Srinagar | PTI
Omar Abdullah
National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Friday sanctioned Rs 1.30 lakh to the family of a girl detained by police along with Indian Army Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi from a hotel in Srinagar.
The money was being given to the family, living in extreme poverty in Budgam, to construct a house, Abdullah's political secretary Tanvir Sadiq said on Twitter.
"Our local party office bearers have visited Check Kawoosa area of Beerwah. After a first-hand report and finding the family living in extreme poverty and living in a tin shed, Mr @OmarAbdullah has released an amount of 1.30 lakh...," Sadiq tweeted.
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The money would be released from the constituency development fund of Abdullah, who represents Beerwah in the state assembly.
Sadiq has also written a letter to the District Development Commissioner of Budgam, on behalf of the NC leader, requesting the release of money. He also shared the letter on Twitter.
The 18-year-old girl had accompanied Gogoi and his driver to a hotel on Wednesday. They were detained after Gogoi and his driver got into an altercation with the hotel staff over being denied entry.
Gogoi sparked a row in April last year when he tied a local, Farooq Ahmed Dar, to his jeep and paraded him through 28 villages in Budgam district, apparently to escape stone pelting.
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