Annual Report 1999-2000 complaint further mentioned that one Ganga had also allegedly been killed by the police. Tlie Commission was requested to investigate the incidents and render justice to the victims. In response to the Commission's notice, the Government of Kamataka sent a report stating that in ABC's case, four police officers had been kept under suspension and a charge-sheet was filed against them on 5 November 1996. The case was pending trial. The report further admitted that the four police personnel had misbehaved with ABC. Regarding Ganga's case, the report stated that a case Cr. No. 90/95 was registered in the Azadnagar police station and was pending investigation. The Commission held that though the husband of ABC might have been involved in a crime, she was fully entitled to respect for the dignity of her person. Unable to bear the ignominy of rape, the Commission noted that she had committed suicide. Her next of kin were entitled to be recompensed for tlie loss of her life. The Commission, therefore, directed the State to pay a sum of Rs. 2 lakhs to the next of kin within six weeks. With regard to the death of Ganga, the Commission directed that if the charge-sheet had not already been filed by tliem, the investigation should be entrusted to the State CID, who should conduct a thorough investigation and take appropriate follow-up action, and have the accused prosecuted successfully. In addition, disciplinary action against all erring police personnel as for a major penalty, should be taken and concluded as expeditiously as possible. Forcible dispossession of a poor woman: Bihar (Case No. 1259/4/98-99) The Commission received a complaint fixtm an elderly woman, Smt Chinta Devi, alleging that she was forcibly dispossessed of her land at the instance of the local MLA. She also alleged that the MLA and his group had beaten her, looted household articles and razed her tea stall, which was her only source of income. The Commission directed the SP, Nalanda, to submit a report and also directed its o\vn investigation wing to conduct an enquiry. Tlie Commission's investigadon wing reported that though the alleged incident had taken place on 25 September 1997, the police had registered tlie FIR only on 3 November 1997, and that the delay had been willfully caused by the local SHO, who was suspended on 2 November 1997. It was further stated that the land on which the complainant was running her tea stall was a disputed site, and the matter was sub-judice. A case had already been registered against 11 accused persons for assaulting the complainant, and a charge-sheet had been submitted in the court. No case could be made out against the local MLA for want of sufficient evidence. The report also stated that household property of the complainant worth Rs. 32,000/could not be recovered, and that no compensadon had been paid to the complainant. 128