NHRC, India 9. iii. A copy of the above report was sent to the complainant for his comments. In response, the complainant submitted his comments dated 29.09.2020, and pointed out that the compensation amount was not deposited into the accounts of all the victims. The Commission directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Tripura, to submit the proof of payments of compensation to the victims, along with the Magisterial Enquiry Report and status report of the enquiry conducted against the erring officers for dereliction of duty. iv. The Superintendent of Police, West Tripura District, was directed to submit the status report of the cases registered. In response, the Director General of Police, Tripura, Agartala, reported dated 23.11.2020 that the case registered in PS Ranir Bazar was underinvestigation, while in the case registered in PS Radhapur, a Final Report was filed and accepted by the Ld. Court. v. The Deputy Secretary, Home Department, Government of Tripura vide communication dated 27.05.2021 submitted that an amount of Rs. 21,20,000/- was provided as monetary relief to 74 persons affected in the incident. It was further submitted that departmental action was taken against the erring officers, who were placed under suspension for dereliction of duty. vi. Further, the complainant expressed hissatisfaction with the reports and submitted that he had nothing to urge further in the matter. vii. In view of the facts, the Commission observed that no further intervention by the Commission was required as monetary relief had been paid to the victims, FIR was registered and the case was under investigation, and departmental actions were taken against the erring officers including one medical officer and SDPO who were placed under suspension, and hence the case was closed on 24.01.2022. Alleged illegal detention, mental torture and false implication by police officers over a period of nine days in PS Katihar town, Bihar. (Case No. 2544/4/16/2017) i. The complaint was received in the Commission on 07/09/2017 from the complainant Sh. Sunil Kumar, s/o Krishna Kumar Lal, District Katihar, Bihar, alleging that he was illegally detained for 22 hours due to mistaken identity for the actual accused with the same, i.e, Sunil Kumar. ii. The Commission took cognizance ofthe matter on 21/09/2017 and report was sought in the matter from the concerned State authority. In response, on the basis of relevant records received from the State authorities, the Commission found that it was a serious matter in which an erring police officer had wrongly accused and detained the complainant in place of the actual accused, who had the same name. It involved the violation of the human rights of the victim, who had to spend almost nine days behind the bars and was subjected to mental, physical and social harassment. The police authority had also admitted the illegal act of the erring police officer and initiated disciplinary proceedings against him. ANNUAL REPORT 60 2021-22

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