Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] on Friday visited families of Brigadier R D Mehta and IFS officer V Venkateswara Rao, who were killed in a suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, to offer his condolences.

Dr Singh first went to Mehta's residence in Ghaziabad and then to Rao's flat in New Delhi [ Images ] and spent time with the families.

The prime minister on Thursday announced a life-time financial support to the families of Mehta, India's [ Images ] defence attache, and Rao, counsellor (political and information).