The high court has asked the state government to pay Rs 90,000 compensation with seven per cent interest from the suit’s date until the amount is releasedDisposing a petition seeking compensation for a victim killed after the army opened fire at the Jagannath rath yatra in 1996, the high court has asked the state government to pay Rs 90,000 compensation with seven per cent interest from the suit’s date until the amount is released. As the Army was deployed to assist state police, stones were pelted at local police too. To control the violence and protect police, the Army opened fire on executive magistrate’s order. The victim Umediya Rahod was hit by the bullet and later died. They say that he was neither a part of the mob, nor was he expecting any firing on the roof of the house.

Source: dna August 05, 2017 02:37 UTC