Widow gets ex-gratia 4 years after losing husband in Jharkhand

Jharkhand government today announced Rs1 lakh and a job as compensation to a widow whose husband died allegedly in police custody and the matter is pending with the Human Rights Commission.

The announcement by the Shibu Soren government came came after opposition MLA Samresh Singh raised the issue.

Informing the house that one Haru Dey, had died in police custody in Bokaro's Chandankiari in 2006, Singh said that despite assurances of compensation, his family did not get a penny.

To another information by Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch MLA Bandhu Tirkey, the government announced a probe into the alleged eviction of a tribal from his house in Chutia in Ranchi.

Tirkey alleged that some local musclemen in connivance with the police had evicted Dumba Oraon from his own house and the 'occupiers' started construction work despite a court order to impose section 144 in that place.

Speaker CP Singh asked the government to take note of BJP MLA USY Akela's claim that a woman is living in a tent after she was forcibly evicted from her house at Chouparan in Hazaribagh district.