NHRC order in the case of Kasganj

 

Case Details of File Number: 2399/24/78/2018
Diary Number	19096/CR/2018
Name of the Complainant	LENIN RAGHUVANSHI, FOUNDER AND CEO
Address	FOUNDER AND CEO VIGILANCE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SA 4/2A DAULATPUR, VARANASI
	VARANASI , UTTAR PRADESH
Name of the Victim	RAHUL YADAV, ATUL YADAV, NISHANT YADAV AND RAJU YADAV
Address	RAILWAY ROAD SAHAB BALA PENCH, KASGANJ UP
	KASGANJ , UTTAR PRADESH
Place of Incident	POLICE STATION, KASGANJ
	KASGANJ , UTTAR PRADESH
Date of Incident	1/29/2018
Direction issued by the Commission	The Commission has received a complaint from Shri Lenin Raghuvanshi, a human rights defender, requesting the Commission to intervene into the matter relating to incident occurred in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh, where people belonging to two communities clashed with each other. The complainant has alleged that four persons namely Rahul Yadav, Atul Yadav, Nishant Yadav and his father, Raju Yadav all residents of Railway Road Sahab Bala Pench, Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh were illegally detained by the police as they opposed the rioters who were burning the shops in the area. It is further mentioned that Rahul Yadav and Atul Yadav are kept at Kasganj police station but there is no information about Nishant Yadav and his father Raju Yadav. The complainant has further mentioned that few days before, one person had mentioned on ‘Tweeter’ to the Government of Uttar Pradesh and other authorities, about troubled situation of Kasganj but no action by the authorities was taken and the violence resulted in the killing of one young citizen, Chandan Gupta and loss of property. Transmit a copy of the complaint to the DGP, Uttar Pradesh calling for a report in the matter, within four weeks.
Action Taken	Action Taken Report Called for
Status on 2/3/2018	Response from concerned authority is awaited.

  
Link of petition: http://pvchr.blogspot.in/2018/01/urgent-intervention-against-communal.html