By Muslim Mirror Network
New Delhi: In a case of excessive force used by the Police of Uttar Pradesh on orotesters, which had resulted in injuries to the victims, the National Human Rights Commission has stated that “no further intervention of the Commission is required” and that the case is closed.
Human Rights organisation the National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO) had filed a complaint against the incident in January 2020. After more than a year of the filing of the complaint, the NHRC has closed that case. In the meantime, it had ordered several reports from the Superintendent of Police, Lucknow.
Following the round of reports it received, the NHRC has stated that the claims of the complainant have been rebutted by the Police, and that the protesters had not taken permission prior to protesting. It seems that the NHRC has taken the claims of the Police at face value.
Such a dismissal of a complaint only shows the dubious nature of the NHRC, whi⁰ch, despite being a Human Rights body, sides with the perpetrators and not the victims of human rights violations.
The NHRC has also stated that the “rioters” had damaged property, and that the “authorities are initiating process for recovery of damages from the rioters with respect to damages caused to public property”.
The complainant was filed by Azim Khan, the General Secretary of the Delhi state committee of NCHRO.
The National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations calls into question the potency of the Human Rights Commission. Considering its response, the state of the Human Rights Commission in India is a sad state of affairs.
NCHRO will appeal to the NHRC to reopen the case and look into it.