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NHRC DG(I) to investigate Custodial Death in Odisha Jail

April 14, 2012 — IMC

Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission has taken serious note of an under-trail prisoner death in Alipingal jail of Jagatsinghpur District. The Commission Order it’s Director General (Invetstigation) to inquiry into the matter and submit its report within eight weeks.

One Aravind Mallick, an under-trail prisoner was suspiciously dead in Alipingal Sub Jail under Jagatsingpur District on March 02. He is in Alipingal Jail from 9^th December, 2011 and found dead on March 02, 2012 in Jail. According to Jail official his body was found in the Latrine room of the Jail. He was brought dead to the District Headquarter Hospital in Jagatsingpur with Hand cupped. Managing Trustee of Pipili based Organization ‘India Media Centre’ and Human rights activist Mr. Akhand filed a petition in the case alleging that due to torture or negligence on part of jail officials or gang war among prisoners, Arvind is dead. This death case was reported to NHRC by Collector and District Magistrate of Jagatsinghpur. So the commission clubbed the petition of Akhand with first file and pass a order to DG(I) to investigate the matter by collecting the facts and requisite reports and submit the final report within eight weeks. One Siba Sankar Patro of Ganjam also filed third petition in this case. All the three cases are clubbed together and commission is waiting for the report from DG(I).

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11 CRPF personnel killed in naxal attack in Maharashtra

March 27, 2012 — IMC

Eleven Central Reserve Police Force, CRPF personnel were today killed and 29 others injured when a bus they were travelling in, was blown up in a landmine blast trigerred by Naxalites in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. CRPF officials told our correspondent in New Delhi,the troops were going to Gatta for duty from Pushtola around noon when the blast took place killing them on-the-spot. They said that a helicopter and a reinforcement team have been rushed to-the-spot. The officials said the exact number of security personnel travelling in the bus was not immediately known and the toll could go up. The troops belonging to the 192nd battalion of the force were deployed in the area.

CRPF Chief K Vijay Kumar, who is on a tour of Maharashtra, was in Gadchiroli area after he started from Nagpur this morning. He would be visiting the blast site.

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Beant Singh assassin to be hanged on 31st March

March 27, 2012 — IMC

A Chandigarh sessions court today ordered that Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for assassinating former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, be hanged on the 31st of this month in Patiala central jail. The Court returned the death warrant of Rajoana to the superintendent of Patiala jail for execution on 31st March.
Earlier, Patiala Jail Superintendent had returned these warrants twice to the Court, saying that it was not possible for him to execute the orders to hang Rajoana. The Jail Superintendent had filed a petition in this regard on which the Court had reserved its judgment on Monday.

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Custodial death: HC directs govt to pay Rs 5 lakh to victim’s kin

March 16, 2012 — IMC

Bhubaneswar: n a significant judgment, the Odisha High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to give Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the families of Lalit Dehury, who died in the Chamakhandi police custody last year.
The court also directed the government to deposit 75 per cent of total money as fixed deposit in a bank and the rest 25 per cent to be given as cash.
It may be noted that on February 28 last year, the officials of Chamakhandi police station of Ganjam district had allegedly arrested Lalit for keeping weapons illegally in his possession, but on the very next day, he was found dead inside the police station.
Protesting the police behaviour and alleging the hand of the police in the custodial death, the family members of Lalit had appealed in the High Court.
In a similar judgment on the death of UTP Rajkishore Parida of Injana village under Mancheswar police station here, who had allegedly died of negligence in jail on November 5, 2003, the High Court on directed the state government to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the kin of Parida.

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Rehabilitation Package for Displaced Persons

March 16, 2012 — IMC

The land acquisition for National Highways is done under the provisions of the National Highways Act, 1956 which involves due consultation with the stake holders as per the provisions of the Act. Highways are linear projects that involve widening of existing roads and opening of new road for bypasses, and have a long and narrow corridor of impact. The linear acquisition of land results in minimal displacement of families and loss of livelihood. On the other hand, development of highways results in the socio-economic development of the area, ultimately benefiting the local population.

Relevant provisions of National Policy on Rehabilitation and Resettlement, 2007 in relation to Land Acquisition of National Highways provides that in case of linear acquisitions, in projects relating to railway lines, highways, transmission lines, laying of pipelines and other such projects wherein only a narrow stretch of land is acquired for the purpose of the project is utilized for right of ways, each khatedar in the affected family shall be offered by the acquiring body an ex-gratia payment of such amount as the appropriate Government may decide but not less than twenty thousand rupees, in addition to the compensation or any other benefits due under the Act or programme or scheme under which the land, house or other property is acquired. Provided that, if as a result of such land acquisition, the land-holder becomes landless or is reduced to the status of a ‘small’ or ‘marginal’ farmer, other rehabilitation and resettlement benefits available under this policy shall also be extended to such affected family.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Road Transport and Highways Shri Jitin Prasada, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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