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Sukhbir Badal's company to pay Rs.24 lakh to Moga victim
Chandigarh, May 3
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister
Sukhbir Singh Badal's Orbit Aviation transport company will pay the
Rs.24 lakh compensation announced by the state government for the family
of the 13-year-old girl who was molested and thrown out of a moving bus
near Moga town.
Harcharan Bains, advisor to the chief minister
on national affairs and media, said on Sunday that the entire of amount
of ex-gratia relief and compensation of Rs.24 lakh would be borne by the
bus company.
Bains said the bus company would deposit the amount
in the account of the Moga district Red Cross, which would in turn
issue a cheque to the aggrieved family on Monday.
The Punjab
government has also decided to offer a job to one of the family members
of the victim in the government, a board or a corporation.