New Delhi, Nov 19: Thanks to the intervention of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Haryana government has paid a compensation of Rs five lakh each and employment to a dependent of the five dalits who had been lynched by a mob at Jhajjar in October last year. The state government has also stopped two increments permanently of 11 police personnel and initiated disciplinary enquiry in respect of five other police officials, NHRC said in a press release today.
At a recent meeting, the commission has asked the state government to indicate the result of the disciplinary enquiry against the five officials.
The commission took Suo-Motu cognizance of a newspaper report entitled "Five dalits lynched in Haryana" in a daily on October 17 last year. The report stated that five dalits, who were carrying animal hides and a cow in a vehicle, were beaten to death on October 15 last in Jhajjar district of Haryana and that two of them had been torched. The victims were reported to have been dragged by a mob out of a police station where they had taken refuge and lynched in the presence of the city magistrate, the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Jhajjar and Bhadurgarh, the Block Development Officer and at least 50 policemen, the report said. Bureau Report