Athagarh custody loss of life: NHRC awards Rs 7 lakh compensation to sufferer’s kin 

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR:  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha authorities to pay `7 lakh compensation to the kin of an individual, who had died within the custody of the Forest division in Athagarh division six months again.

Acting on a petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer and civil rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy, the apex human rights panel has requested the chief secretary to make sure the compensation is paid and submit the compliance report together with the proof of cost to the fee inside six weeks. On February 5, Dhaneswar Behera (59), a resident of Khuntakata Satagochhia village inside Badamba police limits was picked up by forest officers in command of poaching a tusker and eradicating its tusks. He was later discovered lifeless within the custody of the division.

The sufferer’s household and villagers had that he was picked up by forest officers whereas coming back from his daughter’s home and crushed to loss of life. Seeking magisterial enquiry, authorized motion in opposition to the errant officers and enough compensation to the bereaved household, Tripathy sought the intervention of the NHRC within the matter on a warfare footing.

Pursuant to an earlier route of the NHRC, the principal chief conservator of forests had intimated to the fee concerning the arrest and suspension of six forest officers on this connection. 

Considering the report, the rights panel noticed that since six forest officers had been concerned within the heinous crime and have been positioned below suspension, it’s clear that the human rights of the deceased have been violated by the general public servants.

Prior to the award of compensation, the NHRC had issued a present trigger discover to the chief secretary in May searching for his submission on why the compensation of `7 lakh will not be really useful for the kin of the deceased for the negligence on the a part of the federal government workers. In response to the discover, the state authorities submitted that every one experiences associated to the ultimate explanation for loss of life of Behera haven’t been obtained and the cost of compensation will likely be thought-about after completion of due process.  

Stating that the reply will not be passable because it doesn’t controvert the findings of the fee, the NHRC has directed to pay compensation by October 15.

BHUBANESWAR:  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha authorities to pay `7 lakh compensation to the kin of an individual, who had died within the custody of the Forest division in Athagarh division six months again.

Acting on a petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer and civil rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy, the apex human rights panel has requested the chief secretary to make sure the compensation is paid and submit the compliance report together with the proof of cost to the fee inside six weeks. On February 5, Dhaneswar Behera (59), a resident of Khuntakata Satagochhia village inside Badamba police limits was picked up by forest officers in command of poaching a tusker and eradicating its tusks. He was later discovered lifeless within the custody of the division.

The sufferer’s household and villagers had that he was picked up by forest officers whereas coming back from his daughter’s home and crushed to loss of life. Seeking magisterial enquiry, authorized motion in opposition to the errant officers and enough compensation to the bereaved household, Tripathy sought the intervention of the NHRC within the matter on a warfare footing.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Pursuant to an earlier route of the NHRC, the principal chief conservator of forests had intimated to the fee concerning the arrest and suspension of six forest officers on this connection. 

Considering the report, the rights panel noticed that since six forest officers had been concerned within the heinous crime and have been positioned below suspension, it’s clear that the human rights of the deceased have been violated by the general public servants.

Prior to the award of compensation, the NHRC had issued a present trigger discover to the chief secretary in May searching for his submission on why the compensation of `7 lakh will not be really useful for the kin of the deceased for the negligence on the a part of the federal government workers. In response to the discover, the state authorities submitted that every one experiences associated to the ultimate explanation for loss of life of Behera haven’t been obtained and the cost of compensation will likely be thought-about after completion of due process.  

Stating that the reply will not be passable because it doesn’t controvert the findings of the fee, the NHRC has directed to pay compensation by October 15.