Tag: Ohrc

Bhubaneswar: The Zilla Parishad Vice-Chairperson of Mayurbhanj district moved the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today alleging harassment by Rairangpur MLA Saiba Sushil Kumar Hansdah and his associates. As per the complaint made the victim, during the inauguration of the Aahar program on April 14, Hansdah and his two associates passed inappropriate comments and harassed […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Tuesday directed the principal secretary, state Home department, IG (Prisons) and the Police Commissioner to submit the inquiry report relating to handcuffing of an under-trial prisoner (UTP) of Jharpada Circle Jail, while he was under treatment in Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar, within four weeks. The directive of […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after a pregnant woman in Rayagada district reached hospital in a cot as the ambulance reached late, the Odisha Human Rights Commission today registered a suo motu complaint and asked the Collector of the concerned district to submit a report within 14 days over the circumstances that led to such a deplorable […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the shocking sight of a body being carried for disposal on the back of a trolley rickshaw came to fore, the Odisha Human Rights Commission on Monday sought a reply from Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) over the incident. Taking so motu congnisance of the matter, the rights panel asked the civic […]

Bhubaneswar: The deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Bhubaneswar on Friday submitted a report to the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on the alleged detention of Rama Devi university students in the varsity campus on December 3 last year. In the report, the DCP has mentioned that the allegation levelled by the complainants against the university […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the shocking incident of a minor Dalit girl being brutally thrashed by the relatives of a muscleman as her shadow fell on the upper caste man occurred in a Madhya Pradesh village, a woman here has lodged a complaint with Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) accusing a lawyer of hurling caste […]

Bhubaneswar: In a development that may rekindle the debate over top bureaucrats taking up corporate assignments after retirement, former Odisha chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik today joined Vedanta group as the president of its university project. Recently, Patnaik had resigned as a member of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). According to sources, he will lead […]

Bijay Patnaik, member of Orissa Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has resigned from his post citing personal reasons

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today ordered the State government to pay an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh to the widow of Basant Pradhan, who was allegedly tortured and killed while in police custody in Bolangir last year. Meanwhile, the OHRC also ordered to pay Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 25, 000 to […]

Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the State government to provide a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the family of ANM student Sunita Raita who committed suicide on August 13 last year

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the health department to submit an inquiry report into the death of infants in Sishu Bhawan at Cuttack. The commission has asked the Health Secretary and Superintendent of Sishu Bhawan to submit their respective reports within four weeks. Rights activist Akhand in his petition alleged that […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today ordered a probe over a report that a patient with sores on his body was forced to languish on the floor of Cuttack’s SCB Medical College without treatment. Taking a sou-motu cognisance of the report, OHRC Acting Chairperson Justice B K Mishra asked the Revenue Divisional Commissioner […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today sought reports from Inspector General of Police (Railways) and collector of Puri district on the incident of a woman tourist transporting her husband’s body on a trolley rickshaw for cremation in the holy town. The commission’s acting chairperson B K Mishra took suo motu cognizance of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has sought report from the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bhubaneswar in the matter of the death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, a B. Tech Student. OHRC’s acting chairperson B K Mishra called for a report from the DCP within three weeks about the progress of the investigation […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today asked the state government to pay compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kins of Dubeswar Naik and his wife Budi Naik, who were killed allegedly by security personnel during an anti-Maoist operation on July 26, 2015 in Mgaduda reserve forest in Kandhamal district. […]