b a t h d a kidnappsd chlld and also t w 0th.- due to s l l c e u l v s use of force by Police: Utt.r Prrdsah (Caw No.l39nOP8&.80) One Shri Jitender Singh, a resident of Shalimar Garden, UP filed a complaint before the Commission alleging that his son, Gaurav, aged 6 years was kidnapped by four persons from his house on 30 March 1908 and that the kidnappers had made a demand of Rs.20 lakhs as ransom for the releraae of Gaurav. On being Informed, the police reached the spot and transmitted a message on wireless to the pdlce control rooms of Haryana and Rajasthan to intercept h e kidnappers. Subaeqtlently, due to negilgencet of the police, the complainant's son got injured during an exchange of fire between the police and the culprits and later Gaurav succumbed to a bulkt Injury. The complainant prayed for an inquiry in the matter through CBI and also for an award of compensation of Rs.30 lakhs. On the Commission's notice, a report was received ftom the SP, CID (CB) Rajasthan, Jaipur which stated that the chlld sustained the bullet Injury during an encounter, which took place between the pollce and the culprits, a8 the latter had fired from inside a car upon the police party. The report added that the police party waa unaware of the actual number of the persons inside the car and d the fire powar available with them and hence the pollce had resorted to retaliatory fire. It was also reported that the encounter was spontaneous. The Commission, on considering the report, did not accept the police wraion of a sudden and spontaneous encounter. lnotead it drew the inference that the police officials concerned, including the Additional S.P., had acted in a rash and negligent manner by using excessive force. The Commission, noted that the Addl. SP., instsad of exercising restraint on the police personnel present, had personally resorted to the firing of six bullets In quick succession from his own revolver and had allowed his gun-man to fire 11 rounds from an automatic weapon. The Commission accordingly formed the view that inadequate efforts were made by the police to deal with the kidnappers by means other than a recourse to indiscriminate firing. In the Commission's view, intelligent handling of the eltuatlon could well have resulted in the child being rescued, and quite possibly the culprits being caught alive. The Commission recommended that a further inquiry by an officer not b l o w the rank d IG was necessary in this matter, in o-r to ascerEakr the full facts as to what ttanuplred and to fix the responsibility for the apparently rash, negligent and unskilled handling of the situath that had resulted in the death of the chlld and two others. The CommWon a h recommended that the State Government of Rajmthan pay a sum of Ra.2.6 Iakhs to the fether of deceased child by way of 'immediate interim relkf' within a period of one month. 13. lnactlon of Pollee on tho death of Haryana (Caw No.1090nr07-98) rrlhnmy firbrnrn due to political Influonce: The National Commission for Minorities forwarded a complaint that it had received to the NHRC lor inquiry and dieposal. The complainant had stated that her husband was a gateman