Rajasthan govt revises ex-gratia to families of CRPF jawans killed in Pulwama attack
Deccan ChronicleJaipur: The Rajasthan government on Saturday revised the ex-gratia to the family members of CRPF jawans from the state who were among the 40 killed in the Pulwama terror attack to Rs 50 lakh from Rs 25 lakh. Five CRPF personnel soldiers from Rajasthan were killed in Thursday's attack, one of the deadliest in Jammu and Kashmir, when a suicide bomber rammed a car laden with over 100 kg explosives into a CRPF bus which was part of a convoy of 78 vehicles carrying CRPF personnel from Jammu to Srinagar. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot revised the ex-gratia and relief package for the family members of the five slain soldiers who were from Rajasthan. The government will provide either Rs 50 lakh cash or Rs 25 lakh cash and 25 bigha land on the Indira Gandhi Canal Project or Rs 25 lakh with a housing board residence, he added.