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Slain ATS chief's family spurns Modi's monetary help

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 19 2013 | 10:59 PM IST

The family of slain Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare has declined Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's offer of monetary help, sources said today.

Modi yesterday visited the residences of Karkare and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar, who were killed  while fighting militants on Wednesday night.

Modi also announced that his government would give Rs one crore to Maharashtra for the families of policemen killed in the attacks.

Karkare's widow and other family members have declined Modi's offer, the sources said.

14 Maharashtra police personnel, including two IPS officers, sacrificed their lives while fighting terrorists.

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