New Delhi, May 1: The central government has paid Rs three lakh as monetary relief to the family of a man who had died in army custody in Jammu and Kashmir 8-years ago.
 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which recommended the compensation on January 28, 2009, recently received a proof of payment from the Defence Ministry, official sources said.
 The NHRC had taken suo-moto cognizance of a report in a Kashmir newspaper in June 2003 about alleged custodial death of Javed Ahmed Magrey and some others. Earlier on May 1, Magrey's father reported to Nogwan police station that his son had been picked up by the army.
 A magisterial inquiry found some army personnel guilty, the sources said adding, an FIR was lodged by police and after completion of investigation, the Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir government had on July 16, 2007 also made a request to the Ministry of Defence to accord sanction for the prosecution of the armymen.
 Considering the matter, the NHRC had said that since the army personnel have been "found involved in the custodial death of Javed Ahmed Magrey" during magisterial probe and also during the police
 investigation, a notice be issued to the Defence Ministry asking it why monetary relief will not be paid to the kin of the deceased.
 According to the letter by the Defence Ministry, the payment of Rs three lakh via cheque was made to father of Magrey on June 24, 2010 in the presence of Assistant Commissioner (Revenue) of Budgam, the sources said.
 Noting that the NHRC does not have full jurisdiction in Jammu and Kashmir, the sources also said that it has already given a thorough interpretation to the law explaining that it has a role to facilitate
 good governance in the state for protection and promotion of the human rights and to that extent it has its jurisdiction there too.

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