Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Jul 14:

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will seek reports from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Odisha government on the killing of five innocent persons including a two-year-old child in firing by security personnel during anti-Maoist operations on the night of July 8 in Kurtamgarh in Kandhamal district.

Kandhamal encounter

“We will seek reports from the Union Home Ministry and Odisha government under section 19 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 on the July 8 killing of five persons. We seek reports within two weeks,” informed NHRC secretary Satya Narayan Mohanty, who was here to attend a meeting at the state secretariat.

Earlier, Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) had also sought reports from the state government on the July 8 night killings in Kandhamal.