Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Saturday ordered a solatium of Rs. five lakh to be paid to the family of a CRPF jawan from the State, killed in a Maoist attack in West Bengal on May 19.
The jawan, D. Ramesh, from Kovilpathagai in Thiruvallur district, was engaged in an anti-Naxal operation when he was killed.
Karunanidhi announced the ex-gratia from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, an official release here said.