SRINAGAR: J&Okay lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha introduced Saturday a contemporary investigation into the 2000 Chittisinghpora bloodbath, when Pakistan-backed terrorists killed 35 Sikhs in Anantnag district throughout US president Invoice Clinton’s India go to.Sinha made the announcement after assembly a delegation from Shaheed Singhs Welfare Organisation led by chairman S Jagjeet Singh, which demanded an inquiry and reduction measures for victims’ households. The group sought compassionate appointments below SRO-43, welfare advantages on a par with non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits, reservation in govt faculties and universities, and monetary assist to construct a memorial at Chittisinghpora.A govt spokesperson stated Sinha assured the households that “an intensive inquiry shall be performed and justice shall be served”. He additionally promised compassionate jobs for eligible kin and monetary help for self-employment. “The problems and grievances of households of the civilians martyred within the bloodbath shall be addressed with utmost sensitivity and on precedence,” the spokesman quoted Sinha as saying.SRO-43 refers to compassionate appointment guidelines, a scheme that gives employment alternatives to dependent relations of a govt employee who dies in harness or because of militancy-related motion. SRO-43 has been changed by J&Okay rehabilitation help scheme (RAS) in 2022, which launched a merit-based screening system for compassionate appointments.