Annual Report 2009-2010 and three Constables succumbed to their injuries and died. An FIR crime No.24/05 u/s 302/307 IPC was thereby registered at Police Station Varanasi Chowk. Shri Munni Lal, the father of deceased Sunil Kumar thus approached the Commission for relief. 4.123 Pursuant to the directions of the Commission, the Commandant of XXth Bn. of PAC Azamgarh vide le�er dated 16 December 2005 admi�ed to the occurrence of the incident and submi�ed that a crime case No.24/05 was registered against Constable Ram Dhyan in which he had been chargesheeted. 4.124 The Commission issued a show-cause notice u/s 18 of the PHRA to the Government of U�ar Pradesh. In response to the notice, the State Government stated in its communication dated 7 January 2009 that Constable Ram Dhyan Prajapati had been held guilty by the court and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years. The State Government further conceded that the family of the deceased Sunil Kumar deserves monetary relief. 4.125 While considering the ma�er on 12 August 2009, the Commission observed that the deceased Sunil Kumar was a poor young boy working in a flower shop near the temple. He died at a very young age for no fault of his. His death was not only an emotional trauma for the family, but also meant loss of all financial support. His father, Shri Munni Lal had stated in the petition that he was the only earning member of the family. The monetary relief therefore has to be in consonance with the loss suffered by the family. 4.126 Considering all the circumstances, the Commission recommended to the Government of U�ar Pradesh to pay a sum of Rs. 5,00,000/- as compensation to the next of kin of the deceased Sunil Kumar. The Commission also directed the Chief Secretary, Government of U�ar Pradesh to inform whether any ex-gratia payment had been made to the families of other police personnel who were killed or injured in the incident. 4.127 The compliance report along with the proof of payment is awaited from the Government of U�ar Pradesh. 23. Killing of Dhananjoy Debbarma in Police Firing in Tripura (Case No. 41/23/4/2007-08-PF) 4.128 The Commission received a complaint dated 8 January 2008 from Shri Paritosh Chakma, Programme Coordinator, Asian Indigenous & Tribal People’s Network alleging that a tribal youth named Dhananjoy Debbarma was killed by the personnel of 11th Ba�alion of Tripura State Rifles near Sarbang village of West Tripura on 7 January 2008. While the police claimed that Dhananjoy was killed in a cross-fire between Tripura State Rifles and a group of militants, the villagers who were with the deceased at the time of the incident stated that Tripura State Rifles had opened fire on a group of villagers who had gone to gather fire-wood, without any warning or provocation. 4.129 A report received from the Government of Tripura stated that an FIR No. 3/2008 u/s 326/307/34 IPC had been registered at P.S. Kalyanpur on the complaint of a villager named Baman Debbarma. Further, the investigation of the said case had been entrusted to CID and the same was in progress. NHRC 35