NHRC recommends payment of Rs 5 lakh to next of kin of slain NOIDA Gym trainer

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has recommended that the Government of Uttar Pradesh, pay Rs 5 lakhs as relief to the next of kin of Jitendra Yadav, Gym trainer, who was shot dead by some police personnel in a fake encounter in NOIDA on February 3, 2018, night.

The Commission has asked the Chief Secretary of the State to submit compliance report along with proof of payment within six weeks, after receiving its recommendations. The Commission on February 5, 2018, had registered the case suo motu on the basis of media reports about the incident.

During the course of inquiry and response to its notices, the Government of Uttar Pradesh informed the NHRC that allegations levelled against the police personnel were substantiated and chargesheet had been submitted against a Sub-Inspector in the case. Efforts are being made to arrest the remaining three accused police personnel including a Sub Inspector and two Constables, according to an NHRC release.

Post these findings and the action initiated against the erring police personnel, the Commission held that based on these facts, a case of violation of human rights of the victim is made out and the State Government is liable to pay monetary relief to the next of kin of the deceased. Accordingly, it had asked the Government of Uttar Pradesh to show cause why it should not recommend monetary relief to the next of the kin of the deceased. However, having received no response to the show cause notice, the Commission concluded that it shows that the State Government had nothing to say in the matter and hence recommended the payment of Rs. 5 lakh as relief.