Four years on, home guard's family gets Rs 25 lakh Covid relief in Gujarat
The govt had refused to pay the compensation, claiming that the RTPCR/Rapid test result did not disclose that the home guard was suffering from coronavirus.
In this case, Mahendrasinh Bhati fell ill when he was deployed for duty in the Krushnanagar police station area in April 2021, during the second wave of the pandemic. His HRCT/CT scan report indicated that he contracted Covid-19, and he was admitted to the Civil Hospital.
He died on April 11, 2021, after three days of treatment.
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When his family claimed compensation citing circulars issued by the state govt on March 31, 2020, and July 28, 2020, by which the govt announced Rs 25 lakh ex gratia for the govt employees who perished to Covid infection while performing their duty, the state govt rejected the family's claim. They stated that there was no RTPCR test result reflecting Bhati was suffering from Covid-19, and therefore the family was not entitled to compensation meant for the corona warrior's death.
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Bhati's widow, Sneha, approached the HC through advocate Ratna Vora, demanding the compensation. She questioned the grounds on which the claim was rejected. On June 26, the district commandant of Home Guards issued a communication accepting that Bhati died due to Covid-19 while performing his duty to maintain law and order, and the compensation was paid to his family from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Following the payment, the petition became infructuous, and the HC disposed of it.
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