Puducherry, Aug 1 (PTI) Puducherry Home Minister A Namassivayam handed over the ex-gratia amount of Rs one lakh to each of the three families of journalists in the union territory who succumbed to coronavirus recently.

A release from the office of the Minister said that Namassivayam handed the succour on Saturday from his personal account.

The three journalists-Ramesh, Bharath and Venkat- were attached to the electronic media or Tamil newspapers.PTI Cor

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