India, July 11 -- The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has issued a bailable arrest warrant against senior IAS officer and Principal Secretary of the ST & SC Development department, Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra.

The arrest warrant was issued for failing to comply with its orders in connection with a case related to the death of a seven-year-old girl, a student of a government residential school at Budrukia under Baliguda Block of Kandhamal district, over negligence of the authorities of the school under the ST & SC Development department.

After the news regarding the death of the minor girl student allegedly for negligence of local officials reported in the media, noted rights activist and advocate Prabir Kumar Das filed a plea with t...