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NHRC to send team to probe rights violation in Murshidabad
The Political and Business Daily
|April 16, 2025
THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday decided to send a team to West Bengal’s Murshidabad to inquire into rights violation in the troubled district due to violent protests against the Waqf Act, 2025.
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Taking note of a complaint received by the Commission, an NHRC Bench presided over by its member Priyank Kanoongo took cognisance, in terms of Section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, in the matter.
“Given the seriousness of the matter, the Director General (Investigation), NHRC, is directed to assign a team of officers from the Investigation Division of the Commission to conduct an on-spot inquiry at Murshidabad, West Bengal. The inquiry report should be submitted to the Commission within a period of three weeks,” Kanoongo said, expressing his intention to accompany the team.
This story is from the April 16, 2025 edition of The Political and Business Daily.
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