West Bengal Human Rights Commission today directed the state government to pay a compensation of Rs two lakh to Shiladitya Chadhuri, a farmer of West Midnapore district, whom the chief minister Mamata Banerjee had dubbed a Maoist and terrorist at a public rally last year.
The Commission issued a directive to the state government, stating that on inquiry it had been proved that Shiladitya Chaudhuri was neither a Maoist nor a terrorist.
It said the chief minister's remarks at a public meeting in Belpahari had apparently damaged Chaudhuri's dignity and social status.
The Commission further observed that since the chief minister is upholding the constitution, ''she is to abide by the constitutional norms''.
''The Commission is constrained to make such an observation'', a Commission spokesman told PTI.
The state government was asked to pay the compensation within two months.
Shiladitya Chaudhuri was arrested after he was spotted by the chief minister herself as he shouted at her at the public meeting at Belpahari on August 8, 2012, and dubbed him a Maoist.
