A committee constituted by the NHRC on Tuesday decided that it will hold talks with stakeholders on alleged human rights violations during the post-poll violence in West Bengal on Tuesday, making it a matter of three days as a large number of people are required to register. have come. His case, an official said. The visiting NHRC panel was scheduled to interact with various stakeholders for two days from Sunday.
“A large number of people have come today. It has been decided to hold talks tomorrow as well,” the official said on Monday. The committee was constituted by the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the directions of the Calcutta High Court to look into allegations of human rights violations during the post-poll violence in the state.
The official said the committee will receive representations and complaints on the issue at the office of the West Bengal State Human Rights Commission in Salt Lake on Tuesday. The committee members met the victims/complainants at the CRPF Staff Officer’s Mess in Salt Lake till Monday.
According to an NHRC official, the panel and several NHRC teams are visiting various places in West Bengal and checking the veracity of the allegations. A five-judge bench of the High Court had on June 18 directed the NHRC chairman to constitute a committee to probe all cases of alleged human rights violations in incidents of post-poll violence in the state.
The bench, while hearing several PILs alleging post-poll violence in the state, had directed that the committee would examine all cases, complaints of which have already been received by the NHRC or which may be received, and “affected areas”. Submit a report before it about the present situation. The bench had directed that the panel would also suggest steps to be taken so that the alleged victims could live peacefully in their homes and carry on their business or profession to earn their livelihood.
A five-judge bench had on June 21 rejected the request of the West Bengal government to withdraw the order passed in respect of PILs, which sought to displace people from their residences, cause physical assault, destruction of property and post There was an allegation of sabotage in places of business – election violence.
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