National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for an Action-Taken Report (ATR) from the Director of Medical Education and Training (DMET), Odisha and the SP of Balangir on the death of a medical student under mysterious circumstances on April 21 in the hostel of the Balangir -based BhimaBhoi Medical College and Hospital (BBMCH).
The NHRC passed the order following a petition in this regard by rights defender and Supreme Court lawyer RadhakantaTripathy before the NHRC.
Tripathy in his petition alleged that Nishant, a first year MBBS student in BBMCH, who was a native of Haryana, had died by jumping off the hostel roof on April 21.
The family of the victim however complained that ragging led Nishant to take the extreme step as he was psychologically tormented by his seniors.
Seeking intervention of the Commission in the matter, Tripathy demanded arrest of the culprits responsible for Nishant’s death and compensation to the kin of the deceased.
The Commission directed its registry to transmit a copy of the complaint to the concerned authority calling for an Action Taken Report within four weeks.
It has been asked to the concerned authority to intimate the Commission, if any notice, order etc has been received in the instant matter from the State Human Rights Commission. If yes, then a copy of such order be also sent to the Commission within four weeks.