A 17-year-old boy of Jajpur district, who lost his right hand in a mishap during work in a rice mill, would get Rs 9.38 lakh as compensation by the mill owner following an intervention of the authorities.
Chandan Sahoo of Sankhachila village under the Korei police station lost his hand on April 2 last year when he accidentally put it in the machine while working in the Krupalu Rice Mill at Panikoili.
Chandan’s mother Purnima filed a case against the mill owner in the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class at Jajpur on February 17 this year. The court directed the Panikoili police station to investigate the matter. '
District Labour Inspector Gopal Krushna Mangaraj said, “fter knowing about the plight of Chandan on February 20 after around ten months of the incident , we filed a case against rice mil owner Anirudha Dash and served him a notice. He deposited a cheque of Rs 9.38 lakh in our office on Tuesday for providing compensation to Chandan. A case has been registered against the mill owner. We are investigating the incident.”