4.102 On consideration of report received from Superintendent of Police, Bhiwani and copies of post mortem report, report of unnatural death, statement of Kanwar Singh etc., the Commission directed the Senior Superintendent of Police to explain as to why no FIR was registered u/s 154 and to fix responsibility for the same. 4.103 The Additional Director General (Crime), Haryana reported that FIR u/s 302 IPC was registered at Police Station Bondkalan and investigation is being conducted by Crime Branch. On consideration, the Commission held that despite non-registration of FIR, the Police conducted investigation. Further, the Superintendent of Police, Bhiwani had sent his response to the show cause notice and gave reason for not registering FIR in the letter was that the complainant did not specifically mention that it could be a case of murder. He further stated that the FIR was registered subsequently has been cancelled. 4.104 The Commission considered the material on record and rejected the reason for not registering the FIR and held that the Police was duty bound to register a case against unknown persons and conduct investigation. The Commission recommended the Government of Haryana through its Chief Secretary to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the complainant. The Director General of Police, Haryana was also directed to initiate Departmental action against the two officers as per rules. 4.105 In compliance, the Superintendent of Police, Bhiwani intimated that the compensation amount of Rs. 1.00 Lakh has been disbursed to the complainant Shri Kanwar Singh s/o Shri Ranjeet Singh. 15. Mentally Challenged Person Mercilessly Beatenby Railway Policeman in Purnea, Bihar (Case No. 3847/4/27/2013) 4.106 A press report appeared in “Hindustan Times” dated 24.10.2013 captioned “Bihar GRP thrash mentally challenged man”. As per the news report, a mentally challenged injured person named Gayanand Choudhary from Nepal was mercilessly beaten and tied up like an animal and dragged through the streets of Purnea by a group of Railway policemen for slipping out of a hospital where he was undergoing treatment. Shri Avinash Rai Khanna, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Punjab and Shri Radhakanata Tripathi, Advocate and Rights Activist also made complaints annexing a copy of the press report and requested the Commission to intervene in the matter. 4.107 The Commission took suo moto cognizance of the media reports and vide its proceedings dated 30.10.2013 called for a report from the Director General of Police, Bihar. 4.108 In response to the direction of the Commission, Inspector General of Police, Bihar Armed Police, Police Headquarters, Bihar, Patna forwarded a copy of the detailed report of Superintendent of Police (Railways), Katihar. As per the report, One Gayanand Choudhary 50 National Human Right Commission Annual Report - 2014-2015