Province 2 Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut visited the parents of acid attack victim Samjhana Kumari Das at their  Rautahat home on Thursday and offered his condolence.

The chief minister also pledged Rs 400,000 as compensation to Samjhana’s family.

He handed a cheque for Rs 100,000 to Samjhana’s father Jadolal Das and assured to provide the remaining sum by next week.

Samjhana, 18, and her sister Sushmita, 15, were attacked with acid while they were asleep in their home on September 12.

Samjhana died in course of treatment in Kathmandu on Sunday. Her sister Sushmita is in recovery. Police investigation revealed that Samjhana and Sushmita were attacked by their neighbour Rambabu Paswan after the former turned down his marriage proposal. Fifty-year-old Paswan was keeping a vigil alongside the girls’ father at Kirtipur Hospital when police arrested him.