National Human Rights Commission

Custodial death (police): West Bengal

The National Human Rights Commission recommended monetary relief of Rs 5,00,000 in a case it classified as custodial death (police), in West Bengal (NHRC Case No. 614/25/16/2010-PCD), on 2 December 2015. NHRC's annual report for 2016-17 lists this case among those in which the state had not sent the Commission proof of payment (data as of 31 March 2017).

Authority
National Human Rights Commission
Case number
614/25/16/2010-PCD
State
West Bengal
Police station
Not stated in the source
Nature of complaint
Custodial death (police)
Relief recommended
Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
Relief recommended
2 December 2015
Latest published status
Payment not shown to NHRC (31 March 2017)

Where this is published

  • 2015-16 · listed as a recommendation · open the report (PDF) (text line 13705 of the extracted report)
  • 2016-17 · listed as pending compliance (no proof of payment) · open the report (PDF) (text line 10021 of the extracted report)
This record reproduces what the cited report says, and nothing more. The case file is NHRC's; anyone with a stake in the case can seek its status from the Commission (hrcnet.nic.in).