Tag: Human Rights Commission

Bhubaneswar: Starting from Nimpara to Bhubaneswar and now Bargarh, the State police department has come under fire over alleged atrocities and human rights violation. Persons in police custody have been reportedly subjected to third-degree torture many a times. Such allegations have belittled the ‘We Serve, We Protect’ motto of Odisha Police. Human rights activists have […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Wednesday submitted a report on the investigation into the death of engineering student Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi to the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). In the report, the police have mentioned that Rishi died due to intake of excess alcohol and drug overdose. However, the police have claimed that no […]

Bhubaneswar: Posts of chairperson of important commissions in Odisha like the State Commission for Women, State Commission for Persons with Disabilities and Odisha State Food Commission are vacant. Besides, the Human Rights Commission here has no permanent chairperson. It is alleged that the State government is intentionally delaying the selection to fill these posts due […]

Hyderabad: The Special Investigation Team, set up by the Telangana government to probe the killing of four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinarian in “retaliatory” firing by police, on Monday got down to business, even as the state High Court directed authorities to preserve their bodies till December 13. “SIT has taken […]