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By Indrajit Kundu: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a complaint alleging an attack by miscreants on Ram Navami procession despite permission in West Bengal’s Howrah district.
The right’s body has issued notices to the Bengal Director General of Police and the Howrah Commissioner of Police, directing them to enquire into the matter and submit a report within two weeks.
The report must contain the details of the FIR registered, the status of the investigation, and the arrest, if any, in the matter. It should include the number of people injured, the treatment given to them, and also the details of the destruction of property, if any. It should also mention the safety measures taken to avoid such incidents, the rights body said.
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The rights body said that it has observed that the allegations, if true, amount to a failure of the authorities to exercise due diligence to avert the incident.
“The Constitution of India entitles all persons to the freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion. The State is answerable, if these rights are abrogated without substantive reasons,” the NHRC said in the statement.
“Allegedly, the armed attack was done with the malafide intention to ruin the peaceful Yatra, and to cause grievous injuries to its participants in order to frighten and deter them from organizing such an event in the future. Allegedly, the police refused to accept a written complaint to take action in the matter against the miscreants,” it added.
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