Slain CRPF men’s kin to get over Rs.3.8 mn in damages
By IANSWednesday, April 7, 2010
NEW DELHI - The next of kin of 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers massacred in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh Tuesday, will be given compensation of over Rs.38 lakh each, a government release said Wednesday.
The release said that each family would be given RS.10 lakh by the central government, Rs.15 lakh from CRPF’s risk fund, Rs.3 lakh by the state government and an additional Rs.10 lakh from the government’s group personal accidental insurance scheme.
The statement said that one member of the killed troopers’ family will be given employment in the CRPF on compassionate grounds.
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