The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Assam government to pay ₹25,000 to a boy who was assaulted inside a police station in Morigaon district six months ago, officials said on Thursday.
NHRC Deputy Registrar (Law) Indrajeet Kumar in a letter to Assam Chief Secretary Paban Kumar Borthakur on Wednesday asked the state government to start prosecution proceedings against the accused police officer and pay the compensation to the 13-year-old within four weeks, he said.
An Assistant Sub-Inspector of police of Lahorijan police station, Upen Bordoloi caught the boy when he was trying to take the case property from a seized vehicle parked inside the police station on March 9 this year.
