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.