Maharashtra govt to give Rs 1 lakh to family of slain Manipuri girl

The Maharashtra [ Images ] government has decided to give Rs 1 lakh to the kin of Leisha Choan, the Manipuri girl killed by a youth at the Gateway of India [ Images ] in Mumbai [ Images ] on August 13.

• Girl stabbed to death at Mumbai's Gateway of India

The amount would be sent to the Manipur government, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh [ Images ] told a delegation led by Manipur Education Minister Francis Gajopa, which met him in Mumbai on Thursday.

The government would also bear the medical expenditure of Nagakuimi, the other Manipuri girl with Choan who was injured in the attack, he said.