Kolkata: The West Bengal Human Rights Commission, headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, has recommended that the state government should pay Rs 50,000 each to former Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra and his neighbour Subroto Roy for their arrest in the middle of the night for circulating a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The commission, which had taken suo moto cognisance of the incident, also recommended departmental enquiry against the officer in charge and sub-inspector of Jadavpur thana who arrested the two.
"The government must compensate Mr Mahapatra and Mr Sengupta for the manner in which they were arrested from their residential complex and detained for a non-cognisable offence. The compensation (should) be paid within a period of six weeks," Mr Ganguly said.
Taking a strong note of the incident, the commission said that citizens critical of the ruling party cannot be picked up from their residence by the police. "If this goes on, we will be heading towards a totalitarian regime and this commission cannot be a mute spectator to such a sordid situation."
(With Agency inputs)
The commission, which had taken suo moto cognisance of the incident, also recommended departmental enquiry against the officer in charge and sub-inspector of Jadavpur thana who arrested the two.
"The government must compensate Mr Mahapatra and Mr Sengupta for the manner in which they were arrested from their residential complex and detained for a non-cognisable offence. The compensation (should) be paid within a period of six weeks," Mr Ganguly said.
Taking a strong note of the incident, the commission said that citizens critical of the ruling party cannot be picked up from their residence by the police. "If this goes on, we will be heading towards a totalitarian regime and this commission cannot be a mute spectator to such a sordid situation."
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