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Mr. Justice
A S Anand
Chairman
National Human
Rights Commission
Sardar Patel Bhawan
Parliament
Street
New Delhi-110001
Subject:
Complaint against illegal detention and custodial death of
35-year-old, Mr Dollchand of Ameer Nagar in Ramkot police
circle of Sitapur, Lucknow of Uttar Pradesh yesterday i.e.
1 July 2003
Dear
Justice Anand,
I
am writing to seek immediate intervention of the National
Human Rights Commission against illegal detention and custodial
death of 35-year-old, Mr Dollchand of Ameer Nagar in Ramkot
police circle of Sitapur, Lucknow of Uttar Pradesh yesterday
i.e. 1 July 2003. Mr Dollchand is a Dalit.
Constables
Suresh Singh and Kesri Narain Verma arrested Mr Dollchand
on 1 July 2003 around 2 pm. He was reportedly held in connection
with a warrant issued against him from the office of the district
magistrate and was expected to appear before the court on
July 23. The arrest warrant was not produced.
Mr
Dollchand was brought to the Kachnar police outpost of Ramkot
police station where the two constables reportedly locked
him in a room and went away. When they returned an hour later,
they allegedly found Dollchand's body hanging from the ceiling
of the room tied with a gamcha (cotton scarf).
Obviously,
the alleged suicide is an attempt to hide torture perpetrated
on Mr Dollchand.
I
shall be grateful if the NHRC could kindly make an urgent
intervention and take the following measures:
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Direct the State government of Uttar Pradesh to order a judicial
inquiry into the extrajudicial execution of Mr Dollchand;
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Direct the State government of Uttar Pradesh to provide the
most mortem report which should have been conducted in full
conformity with the guidelines provided by the National Human
Rights Commission;
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Direct the State government of Uttar Pradesh to suspend the
concerned police personnel, Suresh Singh and Kesri Narain
Verma and take necessary action;
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Direct the State government of Uttar Pradesh to pay interim
compensation of Rs 500,000 (five lakhs) to the victim's family
and the same be recovered from the guilty police personnel;
and
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Take any other measures that the NHRC deems fit.
With kind
regards,
Yours
sincerely
Suhas
Chakma
Director
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