The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to conduct an inquiry into the firing by a private security guard deployed at Phulpada Power Grid under Banarpal police station in Angul district in which a man sustained serious injuries.
On July 4, the security guard opened fire at one Bharat Naik. Naik was admitted at the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack in a critical condition.
Angul-based Human Rights Watch secretary Sangita Swain had moved the commission that while the police need permission from the Magistrate before opening fire at miscreants, but there is no procedure for the private security agency in this regard.
The petitioner urged the commission to direct the district police to investigate the matter fairly and a compensation of Rs50 lakh.