NHRC notices to DM & SP, Ghaziabad over allegation of child worker tied and beaten (01.1.2015) PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 1st January, 2015 The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report along with a photograph depicting a child worker tied up with a pole with his hands up alleging that he was beaten up in a coal shop by its owner for stealing and selling coal worth Rs.100. The incident was reported to have happened on the 16th December, 2014 at a shop name as Shiv Coal Depot located in District Ghaziabad of Uttar Pradesh. The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victim child. Accordingly, it has issued notices to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh calling for a report within two weeks.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:27:10 +0000
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