Subhalaxmi death case: NHRC directs Commissionerate Police to take appropriate action in 8 weeks

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner to take appropriate action in the sensational Subhalaxmi death case.

Acting on a petition filed by one Subrat Kumar Dash, the Commission has asked the Police Commissioner to take action in the matter within eight weeks.

“The complaint should be transmitted to the concerned authority for appropriate action. The authority concerned is directed to take appropriate action within eight weeks associating the complainant/victim and to inform him/her of the action taken in the matter,” the rights body stated.

Subhalaxmi Sahu, a Plus II student of the Kamala Nehru Women’s College in Bhubaneswar, was found hanging inside a room located on Puri-Cuttack Road in the city on August 4 afternoon.

The post-mortem report revealed that Subhalaxmi died due to asphyxiation around 24-36 hours before the post-mortem. While the body bore ligature marks, there were no injury marks on other parts of the body.

Later, the Bhubaneswar DCP confirmed that she died by suicide.

It is pertinent to mention here that, taking suo motu cognizance of the case, the Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) had earlier registered a case and asked Bhubaneswar DCP to conduct a thorough probe in this matter and submit a report.