West Bengal post-poll violence: NHRC committee submits report to High Court

A seven-member panel of the National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday submitted to the Calcutta High Court its report on complaints related to the post-poll violence in West Bengal in May, Live Law reported.

Subir Sanyal, the National Human Rights Commission’s lawyer, told the court that the report was brief for now and sought more time for the panel to visit all violence-affected places and submit a comprehensive document. He added that the committee had so far visited 163 homes.

The High Court bench comprising acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justices IP Mukerji, Soumen Sen, Harish Tandon and Subrata Talukdar said they needed time to read the report and adjourned the hearing to July 2. “We have opened the report,” Bindal said, according to Live Law. “Before we pass any order, we feel it appropriate to go through the report along with annexures.”

The panel, led by National Human Rights Commission member Rajiv Jain, was formed on June 21 to examine all post-poll violence cases. National Commission for Minorities Vice President Atif Rasheed and National Commission for Women member Rajulben L Desai are among its members.

Members of the panel were split into two teams to cover districts in north and south Bengal, according to the Hindustan Times.

On Tuesday, Rasheed was allegedly attacked while touring Jadavpur…

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