LUCKNOW: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media experiences that a 14-year-old lady was detained at a police chowki and a police station in Noida for 8 days. She was crushed, burnt with cigarettes and given electrical shocks. Reportedly, the girl, a home assist, was detained after her employer accused her of theft.
The Commission has seen that the contents of the media experiences, if true, point out cruelty of the police workforce for which the deserve exemplary punishment so that a message could be given that such inhuman act by a public servant cannot be accepted at any value. The law does now not empower the police workforce to humiliate and harm the innocent electorate.
Accordingly, it has issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, calling for detailed record in the matter within 4 weeks. He may be anticipated to send the record about the steps taken for counselling/ rehabilitation of the sufferer.
According to the media experiences, members of the family of the sufferer lady have said that she was detained by the police on May 14, 2018, at Salarpur police Chowki, the place she remained till May 16, 2018. They were not allowed to fulfill her and she was released on May 16, 2018. The police once more picked up the girl, the next day to come and this time her 17-year-old brother was also taken into custody. Both of them have been in spite of everything released in the night time of May 22, 2018, following the intervention by an NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan and an order from the Child Welfare Committee (CWC).
Reportedly, the CWC, on May 23, 2018, also ordered a medical exam of the girl. The medico criminal case (MLC) record has printed discoloured “brown-shaped round discolorations” close to her left and proper wrists linking those to burnt marks. The record also mentions abrasions on the proper forearm close to the elbow.. The record specifically clarified that all injuries are greater than 10 days outdated, brought about by laborious and blunt object.
The SHO of the Police Station Sector-39, Noida has, reportedly, denied the allegations of illegal detention and torture. He has also claimed that the girl was now not a minor. The MLC then again, confirms that the girl is a minor. On a complaint filed by the NGO, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has sought a record from the Senior Superintendent of Police, Noida thru Noida District Legal Services Authority. As discussed in the news record, the girl has alleged that the employer himself got here to their space and demanded that she paintings as their home assist and when she protested, he took away her on his scooter in entrance of the neighbours.
The Commission has seen that the contents of the media experiences, if true, point out cruelty of the police workforce for which the deserve exemplary punishment so that a message could be given that such inhuman act by a public servant cannot be accepted at any value. The law does now not empower the police workforce to humiliate and harm the innocent electorate.
Accordingly, it has issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, calling for detailed record in the matter within 4 weeks. He may be anticipated to send the record about the steps taken for counselling/ rehabilitation of the sufferer.
According to the media experiences, members of the family of the sufferer lady have said that she was detained by the police on May 14, 2018, at Salarpur police Chowki, the place she remained till May 16, 2018. They were not allowed to fulfill her and she was released on May 16, 2018. The police once more picked up the girl, the next day to come and this time her 17-year-old brother was also taken into custody. Both of them have been in spite of everything released in the night time of May 22, 2018, following the intervention by an NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan and an order from the Child Welfare Committee (CWC).
Reportedly, the CWC, on May 23, 2018, also ordered a medical exam of the girl. The medico criminal case (MLC) record has printed discoloured “brown-shaped round discolorations” close to her left and proper wrists linking those to burnt marks. The record also mentions abrasions on the proper forearm close to the elbow.. The record specifically clarified that all injuries are greater than 10 days outdated, brought about by laborious and blunt object.
The SHO of the Police Station Sector-39, Noida has, reportedly, denied the allegations of illegal detention and torture. He has also claimed that the girl was now not a minor. The MLC then again, confirms that the girl is a minor. On a complaint filed by the NGO, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has sought a record from the Senior Superintendent of Police, Noida thru Noida District Legal Services Authority. As discussed in the news record, the girl has alleged that the employer himself got here to their space and demanded that she paintings as their home assist and when she protested, he took away her on his scooter in entrance of the neighbours.
Noida girl detention: NHRC notice to UP DGP
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