The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has sought an action-taken report (ATR) from the Keonjhar Superintendent of Police over death of a tribal girl as a building of the school where the victim was studying student due to wall collapse collapsed on her within four weeks.
According to complainant rights campaigner Sangita Swain on October 3 last year a tribal girl student of the Kolabeda Sevashram school in Ghasipura block in Keonjhar district was killed as the portion of the Sevashram wall collapsed on her.
“Though a FIR has been lodged at the Ghasipura police station on the same of the mishap against the authorities, nothing tangible has happened as yet,” alleged the petitioner. “The mishap happened due to the inaction of the public authorities and amounts violation of human rights,” the petitioner alleged.
She further urged the commission to initiate disciplinary action and criminal proceedings against the concerned authorities resulting in the mishap and a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of the deceased.