The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) has recommended the State Government to pay compensation of Rs3 lakh to the kin of youth who died in policecustody.
Notably, a youth Pankaj Vaishnav died at Police line MIG Indore while in police custody on December 19, 2015.
Pankaj Vaishnav who was peon in court was brought in Police line MIG Indore for interrogation in connection with a stolen scooter. According to the enquiry of the Judicial Magistrate this case is not that of suicide but is that of human slaughter in which detailed investigation has to be done. According to the report submitted by the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) with the MPHRC Vaishnav on being asked from the duty sentry to go to bathroom was led to bathroom and later when he did not come out for long the sentry peeked into bathroom where he saw Vaishnav hanging from his shoe lace in the ventilator.
The MPHRC being clearer on the point said that Vaishnav died in police custody and that in such cases it is the vicarious liability of the State that it should provide compensation to the kin of deceased. In view of this the Commission made interim recommendation that the State Government should pay a compensation of Rs3 lakh to the kin of deceased within a month. Besides, the Commission has told the Additional Chief Secretary Home and the Director General of Police (DGP) to issue the instructions to the police officials that security measures should be made at all those places like lockups, bathrooms and toilets of all the police stations where captives are taken.
The Commission would also carry out the enquiry of the case on its won because as per the Judicial Magistrate it is case of human slaughter but the detailed enquiry report is awaited while the DIG Indore report says that the deceased was not tortured while in custody. The team of the Commission led by Additional DGP posted with the commission would investigate the case.