<p>The compensation of Rs.2 lakh paid by the Congress-led Maharashtra government to the Delhi acid attack victim was "grossly inadequate" and "insulting", BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said Monday, two days after the 23-year-old died in a Mumbai hospital.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The compensation of mere two lakh rupees by Maharashtra Government is grossly inadequate. It is adding insult to the injury," Sushma Swaraj said on her Twitter account.<br /><br />"The acid attack on Preeti Rathi and her death is very painful. Unfortunately, the culprit is still at large," she said.<br /><br />On May 2, some unidentified man threw acid on Preeti as she got off from the New Delhi-Mumbai Garib Rath Express at the Bandra Terminus to take up her new job as a nurse in the army hospital in Mumbai.<br /><br />She suffered grievous injuries which included collapse of her right lung, damage to her left lung, oesophagus, windpipe, trachea and other vital organs.<br /><br />Preeti succumbed to her serious injuries Saturday in a Mumbai private hospital and her body was taken to the national capital by a flight early Monday, her father Amar Singh Rathi told IANS.<br /><br />The family of the victim Sunday called on Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil and demanded justice for their daughter.<br /><br />Patil, while extending compensation of Rs.2 lakh on behalf of the state government, assured them that the matter would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).</p>
<p>The compensation of Rs.2 lakh paid by the Congress-led Maharashtra government to the Delhi acid attack victim was "grossly inadequate" and "insulting", BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said Monday, two days after the 23-year-old died in a Mumbai hospital.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The compensation of mere two lakh rupees by Maharashtra Government is grossly inadequate. It is adding insult to the injury," Sushma Swaraj said on her Twitter account.<br /><br />"The acid attack on Preeti Rathi and her death is very painful. Unfortunately, the culprit is still at large," she said.<br /><br />On May 2, some unidentified man threw acid on Preeti as she got off from the New Delhi-Mumbai Garib Rath Express at the Bandra Terminus to take up her new job as a nurse in the army hospital in Mumbai.<br /><br />She suffered grievous injuries which included collapse of her right lung, damage to her left lung, oesophagus, windpipe, trachea and other vital organs.<br /><br />Preeti succumbed to her serious injuries Saturday in a Mumbai private hospital and her body was taken to the national capital by a flight early Monday, her father Amar Singh Rathi told IANS.<br /><br />The family of the victim Sunday called on Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil and demanded justice for their daughter.<br /><br />Patil, while extending compensation of Rs.2 lakh on behalf of the state government, assured them that the matter would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).</p>