NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, INDIA d) x. The Commission on 08.08.2019, recommended to the Government of India, through the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, to pay compensation of Rs. 3,00,000/- (Rupees Three Lakhs) to the victim Ms. Deepa Arya, the complainant. The Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India is directed to submit the compliance report along with proof of payment within six weeks. xi. The compliance report along with proof of payment is yet to be received. Police Firing and Encounter 15. Death of one Prempal in a fake encounter in District Bhiwani, Haryana (Case No. 147/7/2005-2006-AD) i. The Commission received a complaint dated 23.11.2004 from Smt. Rajni Devi of District Bhiwani, Haryana, alleging that her husband Shri Prempal had been killed by the police in a fake encounter. She alleged that her husband was running a kirana shop and had gone to Bhiwani on 26.7.2004 for purchase of merchandise. He did not return home. On 28.7.2004 she learnt that her husband had been killed by the police in a fake encounter. According to her, he was not involved in any criminal case and there was no case pending against him in any police station. ii. The police story of the incident is that on 27.7.2004, SP, Rohtak received information that 5 to 6 accused persons fired at the police party and got one Ramdhan (Leela) released from police custody and few accused persons are going from Lahli to Patwapur. The police party chased them and three accused entered into a sugarcane field. They were encircled and asked to surrender. The accused persons paid no heed to police warning and started firing upon them. In self defence, the police party retaliated and in the exchange of fire, three accused persons died. The husband of the complainant was one amongst the three deceased persons. iii. In the similar incident, Case No.50381/24/2006-2007 was registered in the Commission on the basis of an intimation from SSP, Gorakhpur about the encounter death of Ramdhan (Leela) on 06.3.2007 and vide its proceedings dated 17.10.2012, the Commission found that deceased Ramdhan (Leela) was killed by the police in an extra judicial manner had recommended payment of Rs. 5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakhs Only) as monetary compensation to his NoK, which the State Government had complied with. iv. While considering the matter on 03.01.2019, the Commission observed and directed as under: “The instant case is also identical with Ramdhan [Leela] case and no forensic tests were carried out by the police to ascertain whether the weapon used by the deceased Prem Pal was in working condition and his fingerprints were taken to match with those on the weapon recovered from the possession of the deceased, etc., which lend doubt about the veracity of the police story. Further, DGP, Haryana and SSP, Gorakhpur have also failed to furnish certain reports/information sought 66 ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20