Mumbai:
Divya Salaskar, daughter of encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar who died fighting Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists during the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was today given a government job on compassionate grounds.
She got the job more than two years after 26/11 terror strike, only after the intervention of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.
Almost hanging fire in Maharashtra government for over two years, Divya was appointed as Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax, Mumbai.
"I promised her that I would take up the matter with the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and would request him to persuade the Mumbai Public Service Commission to expedite the case," Chidambaram said in a statement in New Delhi.
He intervened in the matter after it was brought to his notice that the appointment of Salaskar's daughter had been hanging for quite some time.
"This morning, I was informed by the Chief Minister, Maharashtra that the appointment of Divya Salaskar as Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax, Mumbai has been approved," the Home Minister said.
Inspector Salaskar was among the first causalities with ATS Chief Hemant Karkare and Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte during the 26/11 attacks on the megapolis.