A COLLECTIVE bounty of $2.8 million to kill has been placed on the heads of three Government ministers and a State official.

The ministers are Defence Minister Wayne Sturge, Local Government Minister Khadijah Ameen and Public Utilities Minister Barry Padarath. The State official is Unemployment Relief Programme manager Feroze Khan.

The orders to kill are connected to the ongoing Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) and URP clean-up, according to senior police officials speaking to the Express on the condition of strict anonymity yesterday.