The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action-taken report (ATR) from Nayagarh police and district administration over the killing of a college student at Chandpur in Nayagarh district.
Acting on a complaint by rights activist Akhand, the commission has directed the Nayagarh Collector and SP to file the reports within
our weeks.
It may be mentioned here that Pradip Behera, a college student, was killed and at least 30 others were seriously injured when police lathicharges and opened fire at the protesters at Chandpur under Ranpur police station limits on September 11.
The protesters were demanding the arrest of the culprits in the gruesome murder of four members of a family at Shastri Nagar in Chandpur on September 6.
The petitioner had alleged that while the local people were on a dharma near the police outpost for five days demanding immediate arrest of the assailants, the police did not take any action and instead used brutal force against them. While the deceased was not involved any violence, he fell to the police bullets, he pointed out.