Bigal Thakur (65) of village Kodi, who lost 10 of his family members in an accident last year, received a cheque for Rs 10 lakh from Union Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today.
The compensation was announced By Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das after 14 persons had been killed when their SUV was hit by the Howrah-Bhopal Express near Bhurkunda railway station of the East Central Railway at an unmanned railway way crossing on December 7.
Sinha, who went to the village, also gave a cheque to Ghanshayam Thakur, the father of Rajesh Thakur, who was driving the car.
