Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission has ordered an independent inquiry by OHRC’s investigation wing in the case of a youth’s death allegedly in police custody. The incident came to fore from Abhaychandrapur police limits in Paradip where an alleged drug trafficker died under questionable circumstances.
While the police claim that the youth collided with a wall while being chased by the police, and died subsequently, the deceased’s father claimed that he died due to police torture. The Commission taking suo-moto cognisance of the case has asked its investigation unit to conduct an independent inquiry and submit a report before OHRC’s Director (Investigation)-cum-ADG by May 20.
The OHRC has also directed Jagatsinghpur SP to submit a report on this matter and a copy of the post-mortem report within a month before the OHRC. “The SP shall also specify in his report whether the request has been made to conduct a magisterial inquiry as it is an alleged death in police custody,” the Commission stated.
