Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Mayawati today announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh to kin
of a journalist, who died after being seriously injured during
an attack on cabinet minister Nand Kumar Gupta "Nandi" in
Allahabad.
Vijay Pratap Singh, the 36-year-old senior
correspondent with the Indian Express, succumbed to his
injuries at a hospital in Delhi yesterday.
Singh was seriously injured during the attack on Gupta
in Allahabad on July 12.
"The CM has announced a financial assistance of Rs
five lakh to family members of Vijay Pratap Singh who died
during treatment in Delhi yesterday," an official spokesman
said here.
Initially, he was admitted to a private hospital in
Allahabad and was later shifted to Army hospital at New Delhi.
The blast outside Gupta's house killed one man and
injured seven persons, including the minister and the
journalist.
Police had arrested two associates of a jailed local
Samajwadi Party leader for their alleged involvement in the
bomb attack.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 00:39