NHRC to hold spot inquiry into allegation of police atrocities on students in Bengal

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New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked its Director General (Investigation) to depute a senior female officer to conduct an on the spot inquiry into the allegations of police brutality against the youth, including girl students, who were protesting in Kolkata on March 9, 2017, against the irregularities and corruption in the appointments of primary school teachers in West Bengal. He has been given two weeks to submit a report.

The Commission has given these directions after taking cognizance of a complaint by the All India Democratic Women’s Association in the matter.   It has observed that the allegations, if true, reveal a sad state of affairs and amount to gross violation of human rights, according to an NHRC release.

Many youth including girl students were allegedly brutally beaten by police. Some of them have to be hospitalized. Four girl students were arrested, locked up in the police station and remanded to magisterial custody till March 14, 2017. They were taken to the jail at Alipore Women Reformatory where, they were, allegedly, stripped and searched in a highly objectionable manner by the women police personnel. The girls are under deep trauma by this horrific experience.