The wait is finally over for Suneeta Nighoot’s family and 37 other families awaiting claims due from the insurance company appointed by the University of Pune (UoP).

The insurance firm finally settled the various claims of the 38 students’, and some have been pending for around a year. On Wednesday, a modest function was organised at Ahmadnagar’s New Arts, Commerce and Science College where the Rs 1 lakh claim cheque was handed over to Suneeta’s eight-year-old daughter Sharvari. The Nighoot family are residents of Ahmadnagar, and they had been running from pillar to post for the past year to get their daughter’s death claim. The family proposes to use the claim amount for Sharvari’s education.