Bhubaneswar

‘Appoint OHRC chief soon’

PNS

The Protection of Democratic Human Rights of India (PDHRI) on Monday submitted a memorandum to Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal seeking his immediate interference to appoint the Chairman of Human Rights Commission of Odisha and two members of the commission.

The posts are lying vacant since a month for which more than 15,000 cases and many important hearings are pending and getting delayed.

Even, so many cases against the police department and administrationare pending, the memorandum stated.

PDHRI central secretary Lingaraj Sahoo and Odisha unit president Gadadhar Das met the Governor.