Summary:
It asked the state government to pay Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased over and above the earlier compensation. Family members of the deceased have already received Rs 5.4 lakh from the state, the Centre and district Red Cross fund. It also ordered the state to pay Rs 1 lakh to injured Arjun Majhi and Echu Majhi.The OHRC asked the government for complying with the directions of the Commission in two months’ time. The injured persons have received Rs 25,000 so far towards their compensation.The commission in its order said the compensation paid to the deceased’s family and injured persons is not sufficient. Two minor boys Arjun Majhi and Echu Majhi had sustained grievous bullet injury..