UP govt acts after NHRC's intervention in minor boy's death

New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) After intervention by the NHRC in the death of a 12-year-old boy allegedly in custody, Uttar Pradesh government has found five police personnel guilty and paid Rs five lakh compensation to the victim's family. An NHRC spokesperson said the state government has complied with NHRC recommendations and paid Rs five lakh to the family of Durgesh. "This amount has been distributed equally among his four relatives," the spokesperson said. The government has imposed upon the sub-inspector a penalty of withholding one year increment and the charge sheet has been submitted in the court against him and other police personnel. The National Human Rights Commission received a complaint from R H Bansal, editor of Human Rights Observer, alleging that Durgesh, resident of Data Ganj in Badayun district, was beaten up by police while being interrogated in connection with a theft in the area on January 20, 2008, and thereafter he was hanged to death by them. It was also alleged that the five police personnel ransacked Durgesh's house.