Patna, Oct 21: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased in the terror attack at Gagangir in Jammu and Kashmir.
He expressed his condolences at the demise of three labourers from the state and directed the officials to provide other benefits to the families as per rules from the schemes run by the Labour Department and Social Welfare Department.
Nitish Kumar has also directed Bihar's Resident Commissioner, New Delhi, to ensure proper arrangements to bring the bodies of the deceased to the state by establishing necessary coordination with the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Minister's office said.
A doctor and five labourers were killed when terrorists attacked a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in the Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
The unidentified attackers struck as the labourers and other staff returned to their camp in Gund, Ganderbal, late in the evening.
The incident raised serious concern as this was a targeted killing by the terrorists. The terrorists, believed to be at least two, opened fire indiscriminately on a group of labourers, which included both local and non-local people.
