Mangalore, October 26: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda announced Rs 1 lakh relief to the next kin of a college student, who was killed in a lightning strike in the city.
The CM, who visited Mangalore on Tuesday, responding to the question of a media person said that he would sanction the relief amount without delay.
21-year-old Naveen lost his life after he was struck by lightning when he had gone to recharge his mobile and get photocopies of a textbook on Monday night along with his friend Ganesh K, who suffered burn injuries. Naveen was a fifth semester student of Karnataka Polytechnic.
MLC Ganesh Karnik said that state government would bear the treatment cost of injured Ganesh.
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