New Delhi: An NGO, on whose plea the NHRC
conducted an inquiry into Batla House encounter case, has
raised doubts about its findings and sought a fresh probe by a
court appointed Special Investigative Team (SIT).
"The report of the NHRC suffers several serious defects.
It almost blindly accepts the police version regarding the
encounter without examining any of its own witnesses or
evidence," the NGO, `Act Now For Harmony and Democracy`, said
in its response to the report.
The NGO, on whose PIL the High Court had asked the
NHRC to conduct the probe, has sought a fresh inquiry in the
case alleging that the commission did not conduct independent
probe and has gone solely by the version supplied to it by the
Police.
"...there is now no option but to order an independent
judicial inquiry into the matter or an inquiry by a Special
Investigative Team appointed by this Court," it said.
"There has neither been a critical examination of the
police’s own submissions, nor any attempt to address the
questions raised in the PIL. No independent fact finding or
examination of witnesses or evidence has been undertaken by
the NHRC," it said.
The NHRC had on July 22 given clean chit to the Delhi
Police in the case of encounter in which two suspected Indian
Mujahideen terrorists and a police officer were killed on
September 19, last year saying there was no human rights
violation by the police.
Bureau Report
