By TCN News,
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed his condolences and sympathies to the families of all those killed and injured in the Pune blast and announced relief from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund of Rs. 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs. 1 lakh to each injured. He said that the government would extend whatever help was required by the families of those killed and injured in the incident.
Earlier today the Prime Minister met Home Minister P Chidambaram to review the situation arising out of the bomb blast at German Bakery in Pune that killed 9 people and wounded 50 others yesterday. The Home Minister briefed the PM on his visit to Pune and on the state of investigations. The PM directed that the union and state governments should take coordinated and effective action to speedily investigate the matter so that the culprits responsible for this heinous act are identified and brought to justice at the earliest.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra government has also announced ex-gratia amount of Rs 1 lakh to each deceased and Rs 50,000 to each injured.