NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on Friday met Union home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi at the North Block here and proposed the idea of creating a special mobile app to help martyrs’ kin.
During the meeting with Mehrishi and senior officials of the Border Security Force, Kumar proposed the creation of a mobile app that will allow donors to directly pay any amount into the verified bank account of the martyred soldier’s kin.
“We welcome Kumar’s suggestion as the Government is also planning to create such a mobile app that seeks to directly connect the families of martyred soldiers and those who want to help them financially,” said a senior home ministry official.
As soon as he entered the North Block, Kumar was mobbed by scores of ministry's employees. Such was the commotion that top ministry officials instructed the CISF personnel to clear the employees from the corridors who had gathered in large numbers to catch a glimpse of the Khiladi who had also acted in Rustom playing the role of a naval officer.
The proposed app will have the names of the martyred soldiers and bank account number of their family members and those willing to contribute can directly pay any amount they wish, the official said.
Official sources said the actor initially offered to get the app designed through his personal initiative with permission from the Centre. However, the ministry told him that since the Government is also thinking on similar lines there was no need for an individual initiative. The Ministry officials assured him that his suggestions to the effect will be taken into consideration while designing the app.