Chandrababu Naidu visits family of slain MLA

Press Trust of India  |  Visakhapatnam(AP) 

Chief

Minister N Chandrababu Friday visited the house of slain party in the agency area of the district and consoled his family members.

arrived here this morning by a special flight and left for Paderu by a helicopter to meet the family members of and former MLA Siveri Soma, who were gunned by Maoists at Lippitiputta village when they went to take part in a "grama darsini" (village visit) programme on September 23.

Expressing his anguish over the incident, said there was no place for violence in democracy.

He consoled the two sons of Rao and promised to help family members on all fronts.

The said the government would provide a job to one of Rao's sons and a plot for constructing a house in Visakhapatnam besides financial help of Rs five lakh each to all the four members of his family on behalf of the party.

He also said the government will provide financial support of Rs one crore to the family.

Naidu said Rao always strove hard for the development of agency areas.

He would also visit the house of Soma in Arakuto to console his family members.

Security was stepped up in the agency area in view of the chief minister's visit.

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First Published: Fri, September 28 2018. 15:30 IST