The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action-taken report (ATR) from the SC and ST department Secretary over the death of a tribal girl student at residential school in Kalimela block within four weeks.
The direction of the commission came in response to a petition filed by Human Rights Watch secretary Sangita Swain recently.
According o the complainant, on August 3 victim Urmila Kabasi, a class-IV students in a residential was killed in electrocution while tying a mosquito net in her hostel room due the negligence of the hostel authorities.
The petitioner urged the commission to give a compensation of `50 lakh to the kin of the deceased and to take criminal action against the concerned officials and hold them liable for the tragedy.
The case has drawn the ire of the the victims relatives who have demanded action against the negligent authorities and have threatened of other consequences.