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U.P. asked to pay 1 lakh for jail inmate's death

Staff Correspondent

A magisterial enquiry found that it was a case of custodial violence

NEW DELHI: Six years after an inmate of the District Jail in Bareilly was beaten to death, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered the Uttar Pradesh Government to pay Rs. 1 lakh as interim relief to his next of kin.

The Commission received information on the death of 25-year-old Chander Prakash on May 27, 2000. A magisterial enquiry found that it was a case of custodial violence. The post-mortem report said he had seven injuries on vital parts of his body, the result of a brutal beating by the jail authorities.

After considering the magisterial report and the report of the DIG (Prison), Bareilly Range, the Commission found that Prakash had not sustained any injuries at the time he was admitted in jail, and that the cause of his death was injuries inflicted by the jail staff.

Interim relief

The Commission issued notice to the Chief Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Government to show cause why immediate interim relief should not be granted to the next of kin of the deceased.

In response, DG, Prisons, said the then Superintendent of Police and 10 other officials have been punished after a departmental enquiry. A charge sheet was also filed by the Crime Branch Central Investigation Department (CB/CID) under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (murder) against jail warders Suresh Chand and Mohammad Zakir Hussain, and co-prisoner Kali Charan for causing the death of Prakash.

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