Written by: Express News Service
2 min readNew DelhiMay 25, 2011 12:30 AM IST
First published on: May 25, 2011 at 12:30 AM IST
It took 12 days for the National Human Rights Commission NHRC to act on complaints of alleged police atrocities that it had received following farmers protests demanding a higher compensation from the Mayawati government in Bhatta-Parsaul villages of Greater Noida.
After having announced on May 12 that it was pained over the incidents and will send a probe team to the two affected villages,the apex human rights watchdog sent a seven-member team,led by a Senior Superintendent of Police SSP,only on Tuesday.
The UP State Human Rights Commission SHRC and National Commission for Women NCW have carried out inquires into the reported incidents of violence and human rights violations.
While the former is working within a time-frame and has issued a notice to the state government asking for a report within a month,the latter has come out with a preliminary report.
The NHRC team,which drew officials from its investigation team and included two deputy SPs and four Inspector-rank officers,has been tasked to inquire into the allegations made in several complaints the Commission received and submit their findings.
Four persons,including two policemen,were killed in farmers-police clashes and firing in Bhatta-Parsaul on May 7.
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