News in brief Our Investigation teams visited Tihar and Pataudi village
An investigation team from NHRC visited the capitals high security, Tihar jail on June 14, 2007 to probe into a string of deaths of prisoners in a week. The team's visit took place after the Commission issued a notice to the jail administration on the death of six inmates and a jail warden in a week's time.
The Commission also sent an investigation team to Pataudi town of Gurgaon district in Haryana, where half burnt foetuses were recovered from a well near a nursing home. The Commission's decision to send the team came after it went through reports which said that Haryana Health Department officials had raided a maternity home and recovered a large quantity of foetal remains from a nearby well. The report had also highlighted that the clinic was involved in sex determination tests and female foeticide for many years.
The Commission also sent an investigation team to Pataudi town of Gurgaon district in Haryana, where half burnt foetuses were recovered from a well near a nursing home. The Commission's decision to send the team came after it went through reports which said that Haryana Health Department officials had raided a maternity home and recovered a large quantity of foetal remains from a nearby well. The report had also highlighted that the clinic was involved in sex determination tests and female foeticide for many years.