Following reports of torture on a tribal boy by the IIC of Patana police station in Keonjhar district, the Orissa Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Tuesday directed the State Government to pay an interim compensation of Rs 10,000 to the victim within 10 days.
Besides, the OHRC ordered the Home Department Secretary and the Director General of Police to recover the compensation amount from the salary of the police officer Sandhyarani Jena from the succeeding month.
The commission also directed the Keonjhar SP and the woman cop to submit their detailed reports on the matter within four weeks.
The OHRC passed the orders on basis of a petition filed by rights activist Manoj Jena. The next date of hearing was fixed on June 24.
Notably, the tribal boy Raju Mohanta of Talasarua village in Saharpada block in Keonjhar district had been taken to police custody in connection with an agricultural land dispute on March 25. He was beaten mercilessly and kicked by the IIC at the police station.
The matter came to light after a video of the torture on the tribal boy by the woman cop was telecast by media a few days back.