Rs15 lakh, job for rape victim's family

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New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday announced a compensation of Rs.15 lakh and a job to one of the family members of the December 16 gang-rape victim.

“Keeping in view the extremely exceptional circumstances and barbaric nature of the crime, the cabinet decided to sanction an amount of Rs15 lakh to the surviving members of the victim,” said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in a statement.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting, where it was also decided to offer a job to one of the rape victim’s family members, said an official.

The woman was brutally raped December 16 and died on Saturday in Singapore. She was cremated here on Sunday morning. (IANS)

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