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NHRC reminders to Union Home Secretary and Delhi Chief Secretary for their reports on midnight police action on sleeping protestors in Delhi; Report from the Delhi Police Commissioner received
Dated: 8th July, 2011, New Delhi
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has sent reminders to the Union Home Secretary and the Chief Secretary, Government of NCT Delhi calling for their reports, which are still awaited, on the midnight police action on the people gathered at the Ramlila ground in the intervening night of the 04-05 June, 2011 in the national capital.
On the 6th June, 2011, they alongwith the Delhi Police Commissioner were asked by the Commission to submit their reports into the circumstances leading to such an action within two weeks. However, so far only the Delhi Police Commissioner has responded to NHRC's notice with a report.
The Commission had asked the concerned officers that their reports should specifically give information on the following points:-
1. Reasons for resorting to such an action in the midnight;
2. How many people have been injured and is there any
proposal to compensate them;
3. How many people have been missing and what steps have
been taken to trace them out?
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Information & Public Relations Officer,
National Human Rights Commission,
New Delhi, India. |
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