Relatives and children of martyr Naik Sunil Kumar Vidyarthi during his funeral in Gaya on Tuesday. PTI

Jitendra K Shrivastava

Patna, September 20

After facing criticism for announcing Rs5-lakh compensation for each of the bereaved families whose sons were killed in a terror attack in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, the Bihar Government today raised the amount to Rs11 lakh.Reacting to the state government’s offer of Rs5 lakh ex gratia, Sangeeta Devi, wife of martyr Havildar Ashok Kumar Singh from Bhojpur, said: “My husband has sacrificed his life for the nation. He has not died of consuming alcohol or falling in a ditch. We don’t need any compensation and we are not begging. If other state governments have offered Rs20 lakh, we will not accept Rs5 lakh.”“The earlier announcement of Rs5 lakh for martyrs has been increased to Rs11 lakh today. The compensation will be given to the next kin of each of bereaved families as three soldiers had lost their lives in Uri,” said Brijesh Mehrotra, principal secretary at the Public Relations Department.