Maharashtra govt announces compensation to the kin of terror victims

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy CM R R Patil on Thursday announced a compensation of Rs five lakh to the kin of those killed and Rs 50,000 for the injured in the serial terror attacks in the city.

For policemen who sacrificed their lives in their fight with terrorists, there are different norms of compensation, Patil said, after visiting the injured at the G T Hospital in south Mumbai.

India has lost great officials like Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief Hemant Karkare and others, he said.

This terror act is an attack on the entire nation and it is the time to work together as Indians against the terrorists, he said.