India News: NEW DELHI: In separate notices to the Union health secretary and secretary food and public distribution secretary, the National Human Rights Commissio.
National Human Rights Commission seeks UP jail firing report Anshul Dixit, an undertrial, shot and killed Mukeem Kala and Meraz Ali, two gangsters, inside the high-security barracks of Chitrakoot jail
The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to submit an action-taken report on the May 14 killing of three prisoners at Chitrakoot jail.
Anshul Dixit, an undertrial, shot and killed Mukeem Kala and Meraz Ali, two gangsters, inside the high-security barracks of Chitrakoot jail before being shot dead by cops, according to police. The families of the trio have alleged planned killing by cops, a charge the police have denied.
The commission said it was the duty of the states to ‘protect the rights of the deceased’ and suggested that a standard operating procedure should be prepared.
NHRC notice to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar on bodies in Ganga
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The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notices to the Central, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar governments on a complaint about bodies found floating in the Ganga in the past few days.
Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, there are apprehensions the bodies found floating in Bihar were of COVID-19 fatalities from Uttar Pradesh.
The NHRC issued notices to the chief secretaries of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and the secretary of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation of the Jal Shakti Ministry, calling for reports within four weeks.
NHRC notice to Bihar, UP over bodies floating down the Ganga
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B-Town reacts with shock over dead bodies floating in Ganga Image Source: IANS News
B-Town reacts with shock over dead bodies floating in Ganga Image Source: IANS News
Patna, May 13 : The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday served notice to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Union Water Resource Ministry after hundreds of dead bodies were found in the Ganga river in Bihar s Buxar, and Uttar Pradesh s Ghazipur and Ballia districts.
The commission has asked them to submit their response in four weeks.