TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat has written to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urging him to ensure that families of minor victims of the Northeast Delhi riots get compensation on par with those of adult victims.
At least 53 people were killed and scores of others injured in the communal violence in February last year. Kejriwal had announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the families who lost an adult member and Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the minors who died in the Delhi violence.
Karat, who recently again met the family members of two victims, both minors, said that she was informed of the “discrimination” in the compensation.
“Presumably, the difference in compensation is because an adult is an earning member and the death of an earning member deprives the family of an income,thus more compensation is required.
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