PRESS RELEASE
New Delhi, 15th May, 2015.

The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Government of Uttar Pradesh, through its Chief Secretary, to show cause why suitable amount of interim relief may not be recommended to be paid each to the four persons who became victim of police atrocity in District Kasganj. The Commission has given six weeks time for response to its notice. It has also directed the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh that they shall ensure to set the law in motion and submit the details of legal and departmental action taken in the matter within this period.

As per material on record, the Commission had received a complaint dated 23rd May, 2013 from the wife of the victim that around 10:00 p.m. on the same day, her husband, daughter and son were forcibly picked up by some persons claiming to be policemen from their house in District Kasganj. On enquiry, it was found that a Sub-Inspector of the Police Station, Kasganj, along with his five associates in plain cloths, were responsible for this action. They took them along to trace the complainant's son, Prashant, who had taken along with him the niece of the Sub-Inspector. He was working in NOIDA. After locating them, the mobile phones and documents of her sons were taken away by the police personnel. Their photographs were also taken and thereafter, the Sub-Inspector took away his niece and the husband of the complainant and all her children were also allowed to go on 24th May, 2013.

The Commission has observed that the said police officer misused his power and authority and has taken law in his own hands. The complaint as well as the statement of the petitioner recorded by the Enquiry Officer discloses commission of cognizable offence. Such acts cannot be accepted in a society governed by the rule of law. By lifting the husband of the complainant and her two children from their house forcibly, he has not only violated human rights of the three victims but also subjected the complainant to mental agony and trauma.

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