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“If state government fails to restart the pension in days to come, the detainees and their family members will launch a series of protest in Bhopal ,” Agrawal said.There are 229 MISA detainees in Indore district . Later, these detainees were honoured with status of Loktantra Senani along with benefits of Loktantra Senani Samman Nidhi (pension),” Akhil Bharatiya Loktantra Senani Sangh, Indore secretary Ganesh Agrawal told TOI.He added that most of the MISA detainees are above 70 years of age and need pension for their medicines and maintenance. They will have to go through process of physical verification to continue getting pension from the government.The then BJP-led state government had increased pension to MISA detainees from Rs 3,000 in 2008 to Rs 25,000 in 2015. Till then, pension will not be distributed,” SDM Shashwat Sharma told TOI. After their death, their wives were ordered to provide half of the pension Rs 12,500.The order issued by GAD deputy secretary Dharnendra Kumar Jain reads that in examination of the accounts, it came to fore that budget allocated for distribution of Loktantra Senani Samman Nidhi to MISA detainees has been exceeding..