Complaint filed
in Odisha Human Rights
Commission seeking immediate enquiry into Brutal Attack on a Boy
of 10 years old , son of RTI Activist of Kendrapara district, Odisha
This is the first ever case in
Odisha of a child being suffered and mercilessly attacked by miscreants due
to efforts of Father i.e., RTI Activist to expose corruption through RTI.
On 25.5.16,
a Complaint was filed by RTI Activists in Odisha Human Rights
Commission seeking immediate enquiry into Brutal Attack on a Boy
of 10 years old , son of RTI Activist of Kendrapara district, Odisha and inaction
of the police. RTI Activists Sri
Pradip Pradhan, Sudhir Mohanty and Pratap Sahu have appealed to the Commission to immediately issue direction to the
Director General of Police to appoint a special team to enquire into the matter
and take necessary legal action against the culprits and direct to the Superintendent, S.C.B. Medical College
and Hospital, Cuttack to provide free treatment to Suvam Rout and award compensation
of Rs. 5 lakh to Kalandi Rout, a poor
labourer for the loss and suffering due to attack on his child.
That, On 10.5.16, Suvam Sarathi Rout, a ten year
old boy, s/o- Kalandi Rout, Vill- Bhagaban Pur, Post- Marshaghai of Kendrapara
district was physically attacked by miscreants in the night around 1 o’clock,
when he was asleep. The miscreants entered Kalandi’s house with target to
murder the boy. They attacked the boy with weapons causing heavy head injuries.
When the boy cried, the miscreants ran away in dark night. The parents could
not identify anybody. The boy lost the sense due to heavy bleeding. Immediately, the parents brought the boy to
Cuttack and got him admitted in Star Hospital, Jobra. After week-long treatment
with expenditure of Rs. 2 lakh and finding no improvement in the condition of
the boy, the parents ensured her admission in S.C.B. Medical, Cuttack. Suvam is in Central I.C.U. and fighting for
survival.
This
unfortunate incident has its background. That Sri Kalandi Nayak , a poor villager and daily wage labourer of Marshaghai Block
of Kendrapara district found misappropriation
of around Rs. 15 lakh fund in repair
of Udayabata Upper Primary School and
mismanagement of fund for Mid-Day-Meal by the Head Master of the
School, Block Education Officer and
District Education Officer. He filed RTI application to the PIO, office of Block Education
Officer, Marshaghai seeking information about details of fund sanctioned,
utilised along with copy of bill and
vouchures. The whole administration got
disturbed having seen the application and tried to convince him to withdraw the
application. When Sri Kalandi remained determined to pursue the application and
also filed first appeal petition after denial of information by the PIO, he
received a lot of threats call of
murder from different people. He has
also got the information that a coterie of powerful people including Chairman,
Marshaghai Block and Officials and Contractors are getting organised to attack
him at anytime. It is presumed that the
attack on his son Suvam in mid-night is the result of the conspiracy hatched by
the said coterie. Besides taking steps to ensure admission of his
severely injured child in hospital, he has filed FIR in Marshaghai police station ( IIC Mobile No- 9437523699) on 12.5.16. Though
more than 10 days passed, the Inspector-In-Charge has not taken any steps to nab the culprits.
On 25.5.16, a
fact-finding Team of Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan comprising Sri Pradip Pradhan, Sri Sudhir Mohanty, Sri
Rohan Mohanty, Sri Debesh Das, Sri Pratap Sahu, Smt. Sanjukta Panigrahi visited S.C.B. College and Hospital Cuttack at 11
am. They met and discussed with the parents, Medical
Staff and with Dr. Sanjib Mishra, HoD,
Neuro-Surgery about treatment of the
child. The condition of the boy is still
critical. His life is not out of danger. However, the Team got convinced
that proper treatment is given to the child.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 26.5.16
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