National Investigation Agency (NIA) Inspector General Sanjiv Kumar Singh on Sunday announced that Mohammed Tanzil Ahmad, who was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, has been given martyr status.
Singh further said that all provisions shall be provided to the family members of Ahmad.
"His family would be given all compensation and the appointment on compassionate ground. The family would be getting the extraordinary pension and all possible compensation has already been confirmed to his family. In addition, the Border Security Force (BSF) has granted Rs. 20 lakh to Ahmad's family," Singh told the media at the last rites of the slain officer.
Tanzil Ahmad, an Assistant Commandant with the BSF, was on deputation with the NIA.