The National Human Rights Commission has asked the State Government to submit an action-taken report (ATR) on the three girls who committed suicide after finding their names in the dreaded ‘F’ (failed) list in this year’s High School Certificate (HSC) examinations conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha not because they performed badly but due to the sheer callousness of the BSE.
The names of the three girls figured in the ‘E’/Pass grade after the BSE published the revised mark sheets on May 10following complaints of large-scale bungling in the evaluation of answer sheets. But by then, the girls had ended their lives.
The girls were Rinki Dehury of Dhenkanal district, Rasmita Sahu from Khordha and Sagarika Pati from Athamallick in Angul district.
The NHRC order came on a petition filed by executive director of Global Human Rights Communications Subash Mohapatra.
“The wrong result publication is a criminal negligence, and due to the criminal negligence of the public authorities, the girls committed suicide. The police are yet to investigate into the matter properly,” Mohapatra has said in his petition.
The petitioner has requested the NHRC to direct the Government to investigate the matter by an independent authority and suspend the concerned authorities.
He also requested the NHRC to direct the Government to pay an interim relief of Rs 10 lakh to the next kin of the victims.