SFI student leader's death: Pay Rs 10 lakh to his family, Bengal rights panel tells government

Kolkata: The West Bengal Human Rights Commission has recommended Rs.10 lakh compensation to the next of kin of SFI leader Sudipto Gupta, who died in police custody in Kolkata after participating in an agitation programme on April 2 this year.

A full bench of the commission, which met during the day, pointed at the responsibility of the police in the 2 incident, saying such "unfortunate" happenings could have been avoided had police been "more alert", "careful" and acted in a "professional manner".

"The commission has asked the government to carry out its recommendations within two months," a panel source told IANS.

The commission also recommended that the state government pay Rs.3 lakh for the medical treatment of another student leader Joseph Hossain, who was injured in a police baton charge on the same day during the agitation organised by Students Federation of India (SFI) - the students arm of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).