Bhubaneswar, Nov. 14 -- Orissa High Court directed the Odisha government to pay Rs 15 lakh compensation to the widow of an undertrial prisoner who died after being assaulted by fellow inmates inside jail. The court also ordered the state to provide her with a Group-D government job on compassionate grounds.

According to The Times Of India, the court held the jail authorities responsible for negligence that led to her husband's death.

Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy passed the order on November 4 while hearing a petition filed by Sasi Behera. Under the directions, Rs 10 lakh must be paid directly to Sasi, while the remaining Rs 5 lakh is to be deposited in a fixed deposit in the name of the couple's minor daughter, Swati, for six years...