Orissa HC holds jail authorities responsible for UTP's death, orders Rs 15 lakh relief, group-D job for widow

Bhubaneswar, Nov 13 (UNI) The Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to pay Rs 15 lakh compensation and provide a Group-D job to the widow of a man who died in judicial custody, holding that negligence on the part of jail authorities led to his custodial death. Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy, while allowing a writ petition filed by Sasi Behera and others against the State of Odisha, directed the government to release Rs 10 lakh to the widow and deposit the remaining Rs 5 lakh in a fixed deposit in the name of the deceased's minor daughter for…