Govt to provide Rs 1 million in assistance to Tinkune victim families

Kathmandu: Families of those losing their lives in the Tinkune violence would be provided Rs 1 million each.

The Home Minister-level meeting held at the ministry in Singha Durbar took this decision on Wednesday.

The families of journalist Suresh Rajak and another Sabin Maharjan, who lost their lives in the Tinkune violence, would be provided relief assistance, according to Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak’s secretariat.

Suresh Rajak, a photojournalist at Avenues Television, was found dead in a house set ablaze by the protestors, while Maharjan died in a police firing during the demonstration of the ex-king supporters on March 28.