The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for an action taken report from the Odisha government on a complaint filed by a Delhi-based advocate who had alleged that the State government and the Indian Railways failed to maintain the dignity of the dead in the case of the Balasore train accident.
Responding to the complaint filed by Radhakanta Tripathy, a Supreme Court lawyer, the NHRC directed the Chief Secretary of Odisha and the Chairman, Railway Board, to submit the report within a period of four weeks. The complainant had said that questions on whether the belongings of the victims have been preserved remained unanswered. He also said compensation to next of kin of the deceased have not been settled even after over a month of the tragedy.
The complainant had alleged mistreatment of bodies due to the lack of morgues.
