NHRC notice to SP, DGP Bihar on public thrashing of man

New Delhi, Aug 29 (UNI) The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the SP, Bhagalpur and DGP, Bihar on an incident where a chain snatcher was severely thrashed by the public and the police joined them in humiliating him.

The Commission, which viewed a CD of the incident, said that the Bihar police seemed to be living in the old colonial days where the authorities showed scant regard for the dignity of the people.

Strongly disapproving such despicable behaviour, the Commission said that it was a serious issue of violation of human rights and that the two police officials have been given four weeks time to reply to the notices.

Also, a team of the Investigation Division of the Commission will visit Bhagalpur and submit a factual report.

As per the incident recorded in the CD, the accused who snatched a gold chain was severely thrashed by the people in the presence of the police. Further, the police instead of restraining the mob, tied the person with a rope to a motor-cycle and dragged him on the road.

UNI