RANCHI, March 14 -- Health minister Irfan Ansari told the Jharkhand Assembly on Saturday that the state government would soon provide adequate compensation to the victims of the air ambulance crash on February 23, which claimed the lives of seven people on board, including two pilots and two medics.

Responding to a question from BJP legislator Shashi Bhushan Mehta about the victims' families still awaiting compensation, Ansari stated that the state government has paused the decision to extend the aviation firm Red Bird's agreement to provide subsidised air ambulance services.

"It was a tragic incident that took the lives of people from our state. Probe is also being by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, We will also write to the...