NHRC refutes allegations in a section of the media regarding the leakage of the report relating to the post poll violence in West Bengal

NHRC has already shared the copy of the said report with the advocates of the concerned parties in this matter in accordance with the directions of the Hon'ble Calcutta High Court

Dated 15th July 2021

The National Human Rights Commission constituted a Committee to enquire into the post poll violence in West Bengal, as per the directions of the Hon'ble Calcutta High Court. The Committee submitted its report to the Hon’ble Court on 13th July, 2021.

On the further directions of the Hon'ble Court, the Committee provided a copy of the said report to its Advocate in Calcutta, who shared with the Advocates of all the concerned parties in the related multiple writ petitions.

The matter being sub -judice, the Committee of the NHRC did not share its report to any entity other than those specified by the Hon'ble Court.

Since the report is already available with all the concerned parties as per the directives of the Hon'ble Court, there is no question of leakage at the level of the NHRC.

The attribution regarding the alleged leakage of the said Report to the NHRC is absolutely baseless and factually incorrect.

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