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Bomb blast victim cop's kin to get Rs 4 lakh as ex-gratia

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Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 1:49 AM IST

"The family of Ranjan Kumar Sarangi, who died during disposal of bombs, get the compensation amount and a government job," Chief Secretary B K Patnaik told reporters here.

"This was an accident and the family members would be given assistance as per the rule," he said.

Meanwhile, body Sarangi was consigned to flames at Swargadwar in Puri.

The 45-year-old havildar, belonging to Puri district bomb disposal squad, died when one of the explosives went off.

Earlier police had seized 53 crude bombs and 12 detonators from an abandoned hut in Gambhari village under Brahmagiri police station area at the bank of Chilika Lake.

  

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First Published: Jun 11 2012 | 8:55 PM IST

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