The locals surrounded the NHRC team when they visited Jadavpur as part of their investigation.
A team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was attacked in West Bengal’s Jadavpur on Tuesday (June 29) when it arrived to investigate alleged incidents of post-poll violence in the state.
The NHRC team has been constituted on the orders of the Calcutta High Court. The Mamata Banerjee government had earlier moved the Supreme Court to stay the order of the Calcutta High Court.
According to Atif Rasheed, a member of the NHRC investigation team, the team was attacked by goons.
“During the probe, it has been found that over 40 houses have been destroyed here. We are being attacked by goons,” said Rasheed.
Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta wrote to Rajiv Jain, Member, NHRC stating, “I write to bring to your notice complete breakdown of law and order, wherein citizens of Tarakeshwar were subjected to continuous post-poll atrocities for no reason apart from their political preferences.”
On Sunday (June 27), NHRC invited complainants to meet and address their grievances to NHRC committee members either in person or via mail, or telephonically regarding the post-poll violence in West Bengal.
A press note issued by the NHRC on Sunday (June 27) stated that as per the direction of the West Bengal High Court, a Committee has been constituted by the NHRC Chairperson to look into the various cases, complaints, allegations of violations of human rights, particularly in the post-poll period in West Bengal.
It stated that the Committee, headed by Rajiv Jain, Member, NHRC and other members of the Committee and several teams of NHRC has been touring various places of West Bengal and inquiring into the veracity of these complaints/allegations.
On June 21, NHRC chair Justice (Retired) Arun Mishra appointed a committee led by former Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Jain to investigate post-election violence in West Bengal.
The inquiry was ordered under the orders of the High Court of Calcutta, NHRC officials said. According to the High Court’s directives, the NHRC Committee would investigate all incidences of post-election violence in West Bengal for which complaints have been filed or may be filed with the National Human Rights Commission.
A four-member team deputed by the Ministry of Home Affairs has also visited the post-poll violence-affected areas after several incidents of violence have been reported at various places after the declaration of the Assembly poll results on May 2.
(With inputs from ANI)
