Hyd Bomb blast victim's kin to get Rs 6 lakh ex-gratia

The state government handed over a cheque of Rs 6 lakh as compensation amount to the family of a Dilsukhnagar twin blasts victim in Karimnagar today.

Minister for Civil Supplies Duddilla Sridhar Babu handed over the cheque to the kin of Amrutha Ravi Kumar (25), an MBA student of Begumpet village of Kamanpur mandal in Karimnagar district, who was severely injured in the blast in Dilsukhnagar area in Hyderabad on February 21.

Following the incident, Ravi had been admitted at Yashoda Hospital in the city. However, he succumbed to his injuries on March 5. While handing over the compensation, the minister said that one of the victim's family members would be offered a government job.

As many as 17 people were killed and over 100 others injured in the blasts in the state capital.