Kerala govt gives Rs.50 lakh compensation to former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan

Former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan was yesterday given Rs 50 lakh by the Kerala government in compliance with a recent Supreme Court order awarding the compensation to him for being falsely implicated in the 1994 espionage case. 

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan handed over a cheque for Rs 50 lakh to 76-year old Narayanan



at a function organised at the state secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram. 

The apex court had on September 14 ordered a probe into the role of the Kerala police in the case and awarded Rs 50 lakh as compensation to Narayanan, directing the state government to pay it within eight weeks.