NHRC dissatisfied over Uttar Pradesh’s response to electrocution of two minor dalit girls

15, Jun 2015

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The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Principal Secretary of the Department of Energy of the Uttar Pradesh government to enquire into the inaction and delay in the payment of an additional amount of Rs.2 lakh each to next of kin of two minor dalit girls here in Pradhanpur village, who were electrocuted.
By: ANI | June 15, 2015 9:08 pm
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Principal Secretary of the Department of Energy of the Uttar Pradesh government to enquire into the inaction and delay in the payment of an additional amount of Rs.2 lakh each to next of kin of two minor dalit girls here in Pradhanpur village, who were electrocuted.
Rs.1 lakh each had been paid to the next of kin of both the deceased minor girls.
Kajal, aged nine and Shikha, aged ten were electrocuted on July 11, 2011, due to failure on the part of a junior engineer and a lineman of the electricity department of the state.