The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended that the UP government pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to paralysed gym trainer Jitendra Yadav’s family.

In a press release dated 30 October 2018, the NHRC stated that ‘a case of violation of human rights of the victim is made out’. The Quint had met with Jitendra and his family earlier and is re-publishing this story from its archives. The story first appeared on 16 October 2018.