NHRC recommends UP govt to pay Rs 5 lakh to family of man killed in 'fake encounter'
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission has recommended the government of Uttar Pradesh to pay Rs 5 lakh as relief to the next of kin of a gym trainer who was shot dead allegedly by some police personnel in a "fake encounter" in Noida in February, the rights panel said Tuesday.
The commission has asked the chief secretary of the state to submit a compliance report along with proof of payment within six weeks, after receipt of its recommendations.
"The NHRC has recommended the government of Uttar Pradesh to pay Rs 5 lakh as relief to the next of kin of Jitendra Yadav, the gym trainer, who was shot dead by some police personnel in a fake encounter in Noida on the night of February 3, 2018," the NHRC said in a statement.
The commission on February 5 had registered the case suo motu on the basis of media reports about the incident.
"During the course of inquiry and response to its notices, the government of Uttar Pradesh informed the commission that allegations levelled against the police personnel were substantiated and charge sheet has been submitted against one sub-inspector," it said.
"Efforts are being made to arrest the remaining three accused police personnel including one sub-inspector and two constables," it said.
The commission held that based on these facts a case of violation of human rights of the victim is made out and the state government is "vicariously liable" to pay monetary relief to the next of kin of the deceased, the statement said.
Accordingly, it had asked the state government to show cause why it should not recommend monetary relief to the next of kin of the deceased.
"However, having received no response to the show cause notice, the commission concluded that it shows that the state government had nothing to say in the matter, and hence recommended the payment of Rs 5 lakh as relief," the NHRC said.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
