NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has directed the Assam Government to provide a compensation of Rs.3 lakh to the family of Manoj Chundi who died of gunshot injuries while in police custody in a Dispur police station after his arrest in a dacoity case in May 2002.
“The State Government should send the compliance report within eight weeks,” the Commission ordered.
While the local police claimed that Chundi had died in cross-firing between his associates and the police, Crime Branch CID officers who probed the case raised doubts over the version.
Ammunition
The CB-CID team found that no loss of ammunition was shown in the police records and no person living near the place of cross-firing heard any gunshots.
Later the Commission issued a notice to the Assam Government on providing monetary relief to the victim’s family and the Government agreed that Chundi’s kin indeed needed assistance. The State Government asked the Commission to fix the quantum of relief as it deemed fit.
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Custody death case: NHRC asks Assam to pay Rs 3 lakh to kin
New Delhi, June 6 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Assam Government to pay a compensation of Rs three lakh to the next kin of a person who was killed in police custody in 2002.
The rights panel also directed the state government to submit a compliance report of the directive within eight weeks from the date of its receipt.
The victim, Manoj Chundi, had been arrested by police on May 2, 2002 in connection with a case registered against him with Dispur police station in Guwahati, the NHRC noted.
However, Chundi was killed later and police claimed that he fell to the bullets during an encounter, it said.
The matter was investigated by the state&aposs crime investigation department (CID) which doubted the police version in respect to the death of Chundi, the commission noted.
In its report, CID said though policemen claimed that there was a cross fire between them and a gand led by Chundi, in which he fell victim, no loss of ammunition was shown in the police record.
The CID also submitted that no person residing near the place of the encounter heard gunshots, the rights panel observed.
The rights panel also directed the state government to submit a compliance report of the directive within eight weeks from the date of its receipt.
The victim, Manoj Chundi, had been arrested by police on May 2, 2002 in connection with a case registered against him with Dispur police station in Guwahati, the NHRC noted.
However, Chundi was killed later and police claimed that he fell to the bullets during an encounter, it said.
The matter was investigated by the state&aposs crime investigation department (CID) which doubted the police version in respect to the death of Chundi, the commission noted.
In its report, CID said though policemen claimed that there was a cross fire between them and a gand led by Chundi, in which he fell victim, no loss of ammunition was shown in the police record.
The CID also submitted that no person residing near the place of the encounter heard gunshots, the rights panel observed.
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