Help for families of HP army men killed in Manipur: HP govt

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jun 06 2015 | 4:48 PM IST
Himachal Pradesh government today said it will provide all possible help to family members of army personnel, belonging to the hill state, who were killed in Manipur.
Seventeen army personnel were killed when insurgents ambushed a military convoy in Manipur's Chandel district on June 4.
Seven of the army men belonged to Himachal Pradesh.
"The state government has decided to provide all possible help, including financial assistance, to family members of those army men who were killed in Manipur. We will also give suitable jobs to widows of army men if they are educated," Himachal Pradesh Health and Revenue Minister Kaul Singh Thakur said here today.
Addressing the media here he said the state government would also give compensation to family members of martyrs. However, he said that the quantum of compensation would be decided by the chief minister.
Thakur said out of seven army men from Himachal Pradesh "two army personnel were from my constituency (Darang)".

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