Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Tuesday announced a compensation of Rs 100,000 each to the next of kin of the 24 Kashmiri Pandits killed on Sunday night in Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.

"The PM has announced this compensation from the PM's Relief Fund," Delhi BJP president Madan Lal Khurana, who led a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits to Vajpayee to express their anguish over Pulwama massacre, told reporters in Delhi.

The delegation expressed its concern over the security of Pandits staying in the valley in the wake of Sunday night's massacre.

Prime Minister Vajpayee assured them that all steps would be taken to prevent attacks on the community.

The government will also soon come out with a 'rehabilitation policy', including a financial package for Kashmiri migrants displaced due to militancy in the valley, he was quoted as assuring the Kashmiri Pandits delegation.

"Vajpayee assured us that after Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani's return from Nadimarg, the matter would be taken up with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed and the government will ensure that in future such incidents against Kashmiri Pandits will not be repeated," Delhi BJP president Madan Lal Khurana told reporters.

The delegation included BJP MPs Lal Bihari Tiwari, Anita Arya, and head of the BJP cell on Kashmir C L Gadoo.

Presenting a memorandum demanding an inquiry into attacks on Pandits, the delegation, comprising, head of the BJP cell on Kashmir C L Gadoo, also rejected the government's proposal of creating 'special secure places' for migrants in the valley, Khurana said.