CM slams NHRC for interference

Sen agreed with the CM’s remarks and said: “Such situations do arise and on many occasions we have written to NHRC, but of no avail.”

He added that according to the statute of human rights, the NHRC had no right to intervene and in many cases, in spite of the state commission taking up a case, the NHRC sent its own investigative team to the disturbed places.

Nearly a year ago, the CPM had expressed its dissatisfaction over the visit of the six-member NHRC team to Nandigram in November 2007. The team had called the situation as carnage and demanded reports from the state chief secretary.

DGP admits police violate human rights
The West Bengal police admitted that its officers violate human rights while performing their duties. “It is true that in course of their duties, police officers sometimes commit human rights violations,” said A B Vohra, Director General of Police(DGP), West Bengal. He was speaking at the inaugural address of a state level debate competition organised by the Training Branch of West Bengal Police.

Noting that human rights will be protected to a large extent if police knew the laws, the DGP said: “If the police officers know the legal parameters of the IPC and the CrPC, the question of Human Rights violation will not arise.” “We need to change. From a strength-based force, we have to become a knowledge-based force. Remember, you are now police managers,” said Vohra, stressing on the need of police reforms.

Murderers, rapists and women traffickers are no lesser terrorists than the Mumbai attackers, he said. “None of us likes to use baton. But when we use it, we must use it do break the backbone of the anti-socials and criminals,” the officer added.