NHRC issues notices to the Chief Secretary and DGP, Bihar over burning alive a Dalit boy in District Rohtas (22.10.2014)
PRESS RELEASE
New Delhi, 22nd October, 2014
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a 15 year old boy, named Sai Ram, was burnt alive by four upper caste men as the goat of the victim had entered the agricultural field of one of the assailants in Village Mohanpur in District Rohtas, Bihar on the 15th October, 2014.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, amount to serious violation of human rights of the victim. Accordingly, notices have been issued to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, Government Bihar calling for a report in the matter within four weeks.
Reportedly, one Kumkum Singh and his three associates forcibly entered the house of Juit Ram and set his son, Sai Ram afire after pouring kerosene on him. The boy sustained 90 per cent burns and was rushed to Bikram Ganj Government Hospital for treatment but he succumbed to his injuries soon after the admission.
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New Delhi, 22nd October, 2014
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a 15 year old boy, named Sai Ram, was burnt alive by four upper caste men as the goat of the victim had entered the agricultural field of one of the assailants in Village Mohanpur in District Rohtas, Bihar on the 15th October, 2014.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, amount to serious violation of human rights of the victim. Accordingly, notices have been issued to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, Government Bihar calling for a report in the matter within four weeks.
Reportedly, one Kumkum Singh and his three associates forcibly entered the house of Juit Ram and set his son, Sai Ram afire after pouring kerosene on him. The boy sustained 90 per cent burns and was rushed to Bikram Ganj Government Hospital for treatment but he succumbed to his injuries soon after the admission.
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