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Sepoy buried, kin get relief

The government announced Rs 2-lakh compensation for Lokesh Gowda, the sepoy killed in a recent terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sepoy buried, kin get relief
BANGALORE: The government announced Rs 2-lakh compensation for Lokesh Gowda, the sepoy killed in a recent terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir.Gowda, who hailed from Hassan, wasburied on Tuesday in his village with government honours.Hassandistrict incharge minister B N Bacche Gowda said the compensation will be givenfrom the chief minister's relief fund.Similar compensation was givento another martyr Shivappa some months ago, who was also killed inJ&K.


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