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| NHRC closes Ram Nagar infants' death case following payment of compensation to NOK | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 2: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has closed the case of monetary compensation to the innocent infant victims of spurious drugs in Ram Nagar tehsil of Udhampur district following payment of compensation of three lakhs each to the parents of the deceased infant victims on the directions of the commission.
The commission vide its' proceedings dated February 28, 2022 observed that since the monetary compensation to the parents of the infant victims of spurious drugs has been paid as demanded by the petitioner by the J&K government, the case has been closed.
Sukesh C Khajuria, an eminent social activist had knocked at the doors of NHRC to highlight the plight of the poor families of the deceased infants and highhanded attitude of the drug authorities and the state government in hushing up the case without taking responsibility of the tragedy.
The case relates to the deaths of a dozen infants/children due to consumption of a particular spurious cough syrup i.e. Cold Best PC cough syrup manufactured by M/s Digital Vision, Kala Amb, district Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh in Ram Nagar tehsil during December 2019 and January 2020.
The commission after consideration of facts & circumstances of the case, found that there was a procedural lapse on the part of the drug department of Jammu & Kashmir wherein the authority had duly failed to keep a regular vigil on the contamination and contents of medicines sold within its jurisdiction and thus held that the state is vicariously liable for said negligence. The commission considers this case to be fit case for award of compensation.
In view of that, by exercising power u/s 18a(i) of PHR Act, 1993, the Commission directed the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir to show cause within four weeks as to why the Commission should not recommend payment of compensation of Rs. 3,00,000/- to the next of kin (NoK) of each deceased in the present case, who died due to the consumption of adulterated oral syrup/medicine and whose human rights have been infringed. The authority was further directed to also file report with regard to action taken against the delinquent officials, on account of whose negligence such incident had occurred, which could otherwise be averted due to their strict vigil. |
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