JAIPUR: In a heartwarming gesture, the officers of 38th course (direct entry) of BSF collected funds to help the family of assistant commandant Jitendra Singh who was killed during action in Jammu and Kashmir last month. The 91 officers, who gave Rs 2.38 lakh to the family of the deceased officer, were not from his batch but in fact two years his junior. After Singh was killed on June 12 in an unprovoked firing from the Pakistan side in Ramgarh sector of J&K, these officers decided to collect money and hand it over to the family of the martyr as one-time payment.The 33-year-old Singh joined BSF in 2011 and is succeeded by his parents as well as wife Renu Singh and a son.Talking about the intention behind this gesture, assistant commandant Vinod Tukaram Tandale, one of the officers’ who contributed to the fund, said, “Jitendra Sir was our senior but at the same time he was a brother officer and we wanted to do something for his family after his demise. Since he was martyred, the family would get some benefits from the government but we also wanted to extend some support because of which we contributed Rs 2,500 per head. Some of the officers even contributed Rs 5,000 and the entire amount was given to the family on July 15 which stays in Jaipur.”The collected amount of Rs 2.38 lakh was divided equally and given in the form of two cheques, one in the name of the father and another in the name of Singh’s wife Renu.Inspired and touched by the gesture, the martyr’s father Samundra Singh said,”more than the money, it is the unity shown by the officers which has touched our hearts. I am deeply moved and am thinking about setting up a trust in Jitendra’s name to help more families like ours.”

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