Naidu visits family members of deceased e-rickshaw driver

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New Delhi : Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu on May 29, 2017, visited the family of the deceased e-rickshaw driver  Ravindra Kumar who was beaten to death in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar area on May 27, 2017, after he stopped two people from urinating in public.

Naidu gave a cheque of Rs 50,000 in his personal capacity to the family of Ravindra Kumar as a temporary relief. After speaking with Lieutenant Governor, Naidu said that the LG has agreed to give a grant of Rs 5 lakh as a relief, to the family of deceased on behalf of Delhi administration, according to a PIB release. The Minister also spoke to Municipal commissioner of North West Delhi and asked him to provide employment to the spouse of the deceased driver, as per norms. Municipal Commissioner promised to give a temporary job, i Naidu added.

Earlier in the day, Naidu expressed grief over the whole incident and tweeted, “Sad that an e-rickshaw driver was beaten to death for stopping 2 people from urinating in public in Delhi. He was promoting Swachh Bharat.” He has also spoken to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and asked him to take “strongest action possible” against the culprits. Naidu also visited the place of occurrence and said that the Sulabh Shauchalaya was barely few metres away from it.