JAMMU: A day after five members of a family were killed in Pakistani shelling, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today visited the affected village in Poonch district and handed over an ex gratia of Rs 25 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased.
Mehbooba also handed over cheques of Rs 3 lakh each toward the educational expenses of the two daughters of the family who too were injured in yesterday’s shelling incident in Balakote sector, an official spokesman said.
Accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Javed Mustafa Mir and several legislators and senior civil, police and Army officers, Mufti announced that medical expenses of the injured girls would be taken care of by the Government and assured a job to the brother of the deceased, the spokesperson said. (AGENCIES)
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