Thane: A labour court in Thane has awarded Rs 5,32,800 as compensation to a 52-year-old widow in connection with the murder of her husband while he was driving a tanker of his employer in 2012.

Labour court Commissioner B Y Phad directed the two respondents -- Jagdeep Singh Bakhrawar Singh of Jaideep Transport from Bhiwandi and Reliance General Insurance company -- to jointly and severally pay the compensation to Surinder Kaur, with 12 per cent interest per annum from the date of murder on May 7, 2012. He also ordered Jaideep Transport to pay a penalty of Rs 2.63 lakh to the woman.