Calcutta: The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to give
compensation to the next of kin of people who died and those injured
during the recent Gorkhaland agitation - acceding to a demand of the
Binay Tamang faction of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.
A senior
state government official, however, said the compensation wouldn't be
paid if the deceased or the injured had criminal records. "The details
of the compensation could be announced during a bi-partite meeting in
Siliguri on Tuesday," the official said.
Chief minister Mamata
Banerjee arrived in Siliguri on Monday to take part in the meeting
between the state government and hill parties at Pintail Village on
Tuesday.
According to sources, the government
is likely to announce Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the
deceased and Rs 50,000 each for the injured.
Nabanna officials said Tamang had demanded during a bipartite meeting on
October 16 that the state government give compensation to the families
of 12 Morcha supporters killed during the agitation and the injured
persons.
The Telegraph
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