Shahrukh Khan donates Rs 3 lakhs to KP family

The Famous actor Shahrukh Khan has donated three lakh rupees to the migrant Kashmiri Pandit (KP) family who met with an accident at Mukrain, Punjab on April 21, Sunday, while travelling from Jammu to Delhi.

The family of Deepak Raina, who met with the accident, is originally from Anantnag in Kashmir but has been putting up in Jammu after migration. Raina’s mother expired on the spot while other members of the family got seriously injured. Raina’s wife, Neenu, is still in Apollo hospital and is in critical condition. His two-year-old daughter, Diya, has almost lost senses in the lower part of her body. Deepak got discharged from the hospital few days back.

While confirming the news, filmmaker and well-known social activist, Ashoke Pandit, confirmed the news that he has received a cheque from Shahrukh Khan for Deepak Raina’s family. He said that the cheque would be sent to the family soon.

Pandit also added that when he heard of the accident, he immediately messaged Shahrukh about the family’s condition and within two days, the cheque was sent by Khan for Raina’s family. “It is not for the first time that Shahrukh has responded to my call, earlier also he volunteered to help in a treatment of a 10-year-old suffering from cancer but unfortunately, the child passed away before the treatment,” Pandit stated.

Pandit is himself a Kashmiri pandit hailing from a village called Murran in Kashmir. His films ’Sheen’ and ’And the world remained silent’ are landmark in the history of Kashmiri pandits.

The family members of Raina thanked Pandit, Shahrukh Khan and the other Kashmiri pandit community members and individuals who supported them at this bad phase of life.

“I was really surprised when Ashoke Pandit called me from Mumbai and told me about the cheque and offered us for any more help if required and I was more happy when Pandit’s mother Nirmala Pandit also spoke to me on phone and prayed for two-year-old Diya and her mother, Neenu,” said Ramesh Raina, the brother-in-law of Deepak Raina.

He further said, “It is not a matter of help by money only, it is more of a moral support also to middle-class family people like us.”

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