CHAPTER 4 from Nepal fell down from Train No.55735 UP Katihar Jogbani Passenger at Purnea Junction and sustained injuries. He was taken to Sadar Hospital, Purnea for treatment. However, when he got the information that his family members are arriving there, he escaped from the hospital on the pretext of going to ease himself. Thereafter, he entered in the Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple in Farvisganj Mor and started causing damage to the temple and also attacked the people who gathered there. On getting the information, SHO (Railways), Purnea immediately reached there with his staff and was able to over-power Gayanand Choudhary with the help of the some people. He was again brought back to Sadar Hospital, tying his hands and legs. Later on, his family members took him back to Nepal in an ambulance. The report also states that the SHO (Railways), Purnea neither informed the Superintendent of Police (Railways), Katihar nor the Control Room of Railway Police, Katihar about the incident. 4.109 In his report, the Superintendent of Police (Railways), Katihar concluded that when the SHO (Railways), Purnea reached the spot with his staff, he should have avoided taking the victim to the hospital by tying his hands and legs. While taking the victim in a shameful and inhumane manner, the SHO had brought bad name to the department. For this dereliction of duties, Shri Rajinder Prasad Singh, SHO (Railways), Purnea, Assistant Sub-Inspector Yoganand Choudhary and Constable Baban Kumar were placed under suspension and a recommendation has been made to the District Collector, Katihar for dismissing Home Guard Mohammed Israfil. 4.110 Upon consideration of the report of Superintendent of Police (Railways), Katihar, the Commission observed that the victim, Gayanand Choudhary was a mentally challenged person, but he was given a humiliating treatment by the Railways Police personnel and in that condition, he was manhandled by the police. 4.111 Under the above circumstances, the Commission was of considered view that the victim, Gayanand Choudhary, a resident of Nepal be compensated for treating him in a humiliating manner by the Railway police. The Commission, therefore, recommended to the Government of Bihar to pay a sum of Rs. 25,000/- as monetary relief to the victim Gayanand Choudhary on proper identification at his Nepal address. The Commission directed that the money be transmitted to the Indian High Commissioner in Nepal for disbursing it to the victim at his Nepal address. 4.112 The Commission received a copy of letter dated 10.11.2014 addressed by Special Secretary (Home), Special Department, Bihar to DGP, Bihar conveying the sanction of the State Government for payment of Rs. 25,000/- as monetary relief to Gayanand Choudhary, a resident of Nepal. The DGP, Bihar was instructed to effect the payment to the victim through Indian Embassy at his Nepal address and to submit the compliance report. Compliance report was still awaited. National Human Right Commission Annual Report - 2014-2015 51

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