NHRC asks Railway Board to pay Rs 5 lakh to woman

The NHRC has asked the Railway Board to pay Rs 5 lakh as relief in a case of alleged molestation of a woman and attack on her husband by RPF personnel resulting in his death.
The couple, along with their children, was on June 16, 2008 travelling to Daltanganj, Jharkhand, by train. Four RPF personnel had allegedly molested the woman at Rai railway station.
The woman's husband was also attacked. He had sustained head injuries and was taken to a hospital, where he died during treatment, the NHRC said in a statement.
The Railway Board's contention that the four RFP personnel involved were not guilty as per an enquiry by a competent authority was held untenable by the commission.

The RPF had said the personnel were on duty with lathis and not rifles as was claimed by the woman and his husband had died after consuming aluminium sulfide and no injuries were found during post-mortem.
The NHRC said the RPF's contention was factually incorrect because external injury in the form of swelling and bruises on the head was mentioned in the post-mortem report.
Also, on the NHRC's directions the CB-CID, Jharkhand and SP, Government Railway Police had conducted probe into incident and found that the personnel guilty of molesting the woman and attacking her husband.
The NHRC has sought a compliance report along with proof of payment within eight weeks from the Railway Board.