The apex human rights watchdog passed this order acting on a petition filed by Supreme Court Lawyer and Rights Activist Radhakanta Tripathy.
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Odisha Director General of Police, District Magistrate, and SP of Malkangiri district over an alleged fake encounter by police in Baipariguda that had taken place late on 10 November.
The apex human rights watchdog passed this order acting on a petition filed by Supreme Court Lawyer and Rights Activist Radhakanta Tripathy.
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Two were gunned down by security forces on the suspicion that they were Maoists. Dhana Kamar and Jaykumar Nag were fake and both the deceased have no link with the Maoists or Naxals.
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The facts and circumstances of the cases clearly indicate alarming situations in the state. The duo killed in the encounter were poor daily wagers, the locals protested against the encounter death of these two poor labourers.
Their families of the deceased should be meted out justice. The locals are quite often sandwiched between the pressures from security forces on the side and Naxal on the side. The sole breadwinners were shot dead by the security forces. The encounter death amounts to a terrible violation of human rights of the people, Tripathy alleged.
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