After Bengal's 'Street Justice' To Couple, A Notice From Rights Commission
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The Commission has now directed the state police chief and the Chief Secretary to submit a detailed report within a week. The Commission also said it would send its team for a spot inquiry.
The National Human Rights Commission has taken note of the instance where a man and a woman were publicly beaten up in Bengal for allegedly being involved in an illicit relationship. The man seen beating them with a stick in a widely circulated cellphone video, is said to be part of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress. The Commission has now directed the state police chief and the Chief Secretary to submit a detailed report within a week. The Commission also said it would send its team for a spot inquiry.
In a statement, the Rights Commission said the matter indicates that the State authorities have "not learnt any lessons from such incidents in the past nor the concerns raised by the NHRC".
The report, it said, "Should include the status of the police investigation in the matter, the health status of the victims and medical treatment if any, provided to them".
