OHRC gets new chairperson after 7 years

Odisha government on Thursday appointed former Orissa High Court judge Bimal Prasad Das as the chairperson of Odisha Human Rights Commission, official sources said. The OHRC got a chairperson after a gap of seven years as the post was lying vacant November 23, 2012.

Justice Raghubir Dash had been officiating as the commission's acting chairman since May 16, 2019. R N Bohida and Justice B K Mishra had also served as acting chairpersons of the rights body.

Meanwhile, High Court lawyer Asim Amitabh Dash has been appointed as member of the OHRC, according to a notification issued by the Law Department. The OHRC has been functioning since 2003..