The Election Commission (EC) will provide Tk 10 million in compensation to the family members of seven killed and those suffered injuries while discharging their duty in the violence-hit January 5 parliamentary elections, reports UNB.
The decision was taken at a recent meeting of the commission.
According to a list prepared by the commission, a total of seven people, including an EC staff, were killed and 316 officials and law enforcers injured while discharging their duties during the 10th general election.
The commission has enlisted 129 injured polling officials and 187 law enforcers for providing compensation.
The EC has decided to provide Tk 0.55 million to each family of those killed while Tk 10,000 to Tk 50,000 to each of the injured, Tk 0.1 million to each of those who lost one organ and Tk 0.2 million to each of those who lost two organs.
The injured were categorised as A, B, C and D groups. As many as 135 injured people were enlisted under A category, while 112 under B category, 46 under C category and 23 under D category.
An amount of Tk 10,000 has been earmarked for the A category injured, while Tk 20,000 for the B category, Tk 30,000 for the C category and Tk 50,000 for the D category.
The commission has already provided Tk 0.5 million to the families of two election officials, college teachers Abdul Bashar and Zobaidul Haque who were killed during their election duties, said EC Deputy Secretary Mihir Sarwar Morshed.
The maximum number of officials and law enforcers who fell victims to violence was reported from Dinajpur, Takurgaon, Jessore, Rangpur, Jamalpur, Nilphamari, Laxmipur, Chittagong, Gaibandha and Lalmonirhat districts.
