Two victims namely Surender Bhuiyan and Sahender Bhuiyan did not reach to collect their cheque worth Rs21,019 to be given under Rule 2014 Jharkhand Victim Welfare Fund.
Palamu district legal services authority secretary MK Verma said the two did not turn up despite communications made. Principal district and sessions judge Palamu Vijay Kumar disbursed the cheques worth more than Rs2.50 lakhs among seven other victims called here in the chamber of central jail superintendent Pravin Kumar.
Verma said the cheque disbursement was done at a simple ceremony in Kumar’s chamber under the chairmanship of PDJ Vijay Kumar (Number one). IG Prisons Suman Gupta had approved the welfare fund. Under Rule 2014 one third wages of a convict goes to the victim.
Palamu DlSA has taken a lead in disbursement of cheques under this Jharkhand Victim Welfare Fund as in the first leg of disbursement it had disbursed more than Rs400,000 rupees.