Bhubaneswar: The victims of rape or other heinous crimes rarely receive any financial aid under the much touted Victim Compensation scheme. However, some managed to receive the aid after the intervention of courts and rights bodies.
A gangrape victim, a minor girl, from Ganjam district has recently received Rs 3.50 lakh as compensation under the Victim Compensation scheme following the intervention of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The police also arrested the accused persons involved in the heinous crime after being chided by the commission.
According to sources, the eight-year-old girl from Polasara area of Ganjam was raped by some miscreants near her residence October 31, 2018. Later, Congress leader and advocate Nishikant Mishra approached the NHRC seeking the commission’s intervention in the matter in November, 2018. Mishra had urged the commission to direct the district administration to immediately arrest the culprits and award financial compensation to the victim’s family.
On March 1, 2021, the NHRC issued summon for personal appearance of the Ganjam SP before the commission April 29, 2021. A livid commission also warned SP of criminal action against him. The SP then provided Rs 3.50 lakh compensation to the victim through the District Legal Services Authority of Ganjam.
PNN
