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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has come across several media reports published in various newspapers including the Hindustan Times and the Times of India on May 4, 2021, regarding death of some persons in the alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal on May 3, 2021.
The political workers allegedly clashed with each other, party offices were torched down,and some homes were ransacked and valuables also looted. District Administration and local Law & order enforcement agencies appear not to have acted to stop such violation of human rights of the affected persons.
Considering as a fit case of alleged violation of Right to Life of the innocent citizens, the Commission on May 4, 2021, took suo-motu cognisance of the matter and has requested its DIG (Investigation) to constitute a team of the officers of the Investigation Division of the Commission to conduct an on the spot fact finding investigation and to submit a report at the earliest preferably within two weeks, according to an NHRC release.