Kendrapada district Collector Debaraj Senapati has handed over a cheque of Rs10 lakh as assistance to the widow of Sudarshan Majhi, who had died of cardiac arrest while discharging duty as a Presiding Officer in the Kendrapada Assembly segment during the last general elections. The Collector gave the cheque to Dhanabati Majhi at a grievance cell meeting held at Mahakalpada block. Sudarshan Majhi, a teacher, had been engaged as the Presiding Officer for Both 32 under the Assembly segment. He fell sick at the booth on April 16 and died while undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack on April 18. later, the Election Commission sanctioned the amount for his family. Majhi was a native of Khaira village under Boden block in Nuapada district.