AIADMK said on Saturday said that as many as 280 people died of shock and grief after the death of party supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The party also announced compensation of Rs 3 lakh for kin of the deceased.
On Wednesday, AIADMK had said that 77 persons had died of shock after Amma’s death.
The party updated the figure on Saturday and announced relief for relatives of the deceased.
- Rs 3 lakh for families of the deceased
- Rs 50,000 for a party functionary who attempted self-immolation
- Rs 50,000 for person who cut his finger off
Meanwhile, a central intelligence estimate has put the toll at 30 besides four suicide attempts.
Suicides, Self-immolations, Fingers Chopped-off
The AIADMK release did not specify whether the illness referred to her 22 September hospitalisation or the cardiac arrest she had suffered on 4 December, a day before passing away.
AIADMK expressed grief and sympathies with their families and announced a sum of Rs 3 lakh each as family welfare fund.
The party will also bear the medical expenses of the AIADMK functionary from Puthukoorapettai in Cuddalore district who had attempted self-immolation following Jayalalithaa's illness, it said.
Similarly, Makali of Ugayanur in Tirupur district had chopped off his finger after coming to know of Jayalalithaa's passing away and the party will bear his treatment cost too, the release said.
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