The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed the DM and SP, Gautam Budh Nagar district, UP to personally appear before it on December 26 in dealing with the case of child rights activist lincon Subudhi of Odisha.
The NHRC passed the order following a petition and subsequent submissions filed in this regard by Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy.
lincon , an IT professional-turned social worker, was admitted to a hospital after the brutal attack on September 19, 2013 after she tried to stop the marriage of 15-year-old Shaida Khatoon, a student of Class VIII in a charitable school in Noida. lincon was teaching the girl for the past year. lincon had reportedly helped her a year ago in a similar issue and managed to ward off the marriage.
Earlier the Commission had directed the DM and SP, Gautam Budh Nagar, UP, to expedite the matter and inform the Commission about the status and outcome on attack on Subudhi case; steps taken for the rehabilitation of the rescued minor girl and on the death of Shaida Khatoon, the mother of the victim, within six weeks.
But, no report has been received from any of the authorities despite repeated notices. Hence, a final reminder was issued directing them to send the requisite report within six weeks, positively, failing which the Commission shall be constrained to invoke coercive process.
In a camp sitting at Bhubaneswar, lincon with the guidance and advice of Tripathy filed her submiss on stating therein that she has already incurred more than Rs 5 lakh for her treatment and requested for reimbursement of medical expenses and compensation of Rs 10 lakh.