Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan State convenor Pradip Pradhan and rights activist Pradipta Nayak recently met Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) acting Chairman Justice Bira Kishore Mishra and Special DGP Sanjeeb Marik seeking their immediate intervention for arresting the culprits involved in the mortal attack on a human rights defender in Brahmapur on February 19, 2014.
Besides, Chandranath Dani, a human rights defender, has filed a case at National Human Rights Commissions seeking justice for the victim.
According to Pradhan, victim Sunil Mishra, a resident of Indira Nagar, Brahmapur and a social worker was mercilessly beaten up at the District Industries Centre (DIC) office in Brahmapur by antisocials in collusion with officials as he had applied for some information from the DIC General Manager through the RTI Act on February 19.
He lost his sense on the spot and some people carried him to the MKCG Hospital, from where his family members took him to Bangalore for better treatment as he is a heart patient.
Though an FIR was lodged at the local police station naming Abhaya Sahu and three other dreaded criminals like Panchanan Choudhury, Sukuta Patra and Rajendra Patra involved in the attack, but the police are yet to arrest them, the activists alleged.