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NHRC indicts MP police

| | Apr 22, 2014, at 02:52 am
New Delhi, Apr 21 (IBNS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday said it has issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh government and asked why it did not compensate the kin of a person who was allegedly tortured to death by police in Datia district in the state last year.

"The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh Government, through its Chief Secretary, to show cause, within eight weeks, why a sum of Rs.5 lakh be not granted as interim relief to the next of kin of Netram who was tortured to death by police in District Datia in the month of March, 2013," the NHRC said in a statement.

"The Commission took cognizance of the case on the basis of an intimation received from the District Magistrate, Datia that on the 30th March, 2013 Netram Khangar was found hanging from a tree in the field of Village Palothar. Subsequently, a complaint was also received alleging that Netram was killed in police custody," it said.

Justice D. Murugesan, Member of the Commission, while considering various reports, has observed that all was not well with police and the doctors in the case of murder.

"After brutal torture, Netram was hanged on the tree by the police to make it appear a case of suicide. The doctors failed in their duty in properly identifying all the injuries and submitted a false report," the NHRC said.

The Commission has asked the Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh to conduct an independent inquiry to find out the police officials involved in his torture and initiate criminal and departmental proceedings against them and departmental proceedings against the three doctors who did not disclose 19 injuries on the Netram's body in the first post-mortem.

The NHRC said: "These came to light only in the succeeding post-mortem."

"The Magisterial enquiry had concluded that a special police team was on lookout for clues regarding an abduction. On the 19th March, 2013 the team apprehended Netram along with his two brothers, Lal Singh and Brij Lal. They were tortured in police custody. Netram reached a stage where his death was imminent and then he was hung from a tree to present it as a case of suicide," read the statement.

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