The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the West Bengal government to pay ₹25,000 in compensation to the father of a girl of North 24 Paraganas district for police inaction after she was allegedly abducted and trafficked by a Bangladeshi national.
“Hence, issue a notice under Section 18(a)(i) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, to the Government of West Bengal, through its Chief Secretary, requiring it to show cause, within six weeks, as to why the Commission should not recommend payment of ₹25000/- as compensation to the father of the victim girl,” the order said.
Kirity Roy, secretary of a human rights organisation, told The Hindu that the show-cause notice means the State has to pay the compensation.” The incident took place on April 6, 2014, when the girl, aged about 14, left home at Taranipur, informing her parents that she was going to the market. But she did not return.
“On June 7, 2014 at 11.30 a.m., the father of the victim girl went to the Swarupnagar police station with a written complaint that a Bangladeshi man, named Harun, has abducted and trafficked his daughter to Mumbai, but his complaint was not registered,” the NHRC order said.