NHRC seeks report from Maharashtra Government on allegations of ill treatment of TDP leaders and lathicharge on them
New Delhi, July 20th, 2010
The National Human Rights Commission has forwarded a petition to the Chief Secretary and the Director General, Police, of Maharashtra directing them to look into the allegations of inhuman treatment of Telugu Desam Party leaders while arresting them when they were going to Babhali barrage project on the Godavari River. They have been asked to give their reports within two weeks. These directions have come on a complaint filed today by Mr. M V Mysura Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP and the other leaders of TDP . The complainants have alleged that Mr. N Chandrababu Naidu and the other legislatures of Telugu Desam Party accompanying him were arrested by the Maharashtra Police on the 16th July,2010 when they were going to visit the site of Babhali project. They were ill treated at the time of their arrest and also in judicial custody. It is also alleged that they were not provided even minimum facilities. Again on the 20th July, 2010, when the arrestees were being taken to unknown destination, the police resorted to unwarranted lathicharge and many of the legislatures were manhandled by the police.
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The National Human Rights Commission has forwarded a petition to the Chief Secretary and the Director General, Police, of Maharashtra directing them to look into the allegations of inhuman treatment of Telugu Desam Party leaders while arresting them when they were going to Babhali barrage project on the Godavari River. They have been asked to give their reports within two weeks. These directions have come on a complaint filed today by Mr. M V Mysura Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP and the other leaders of TDP . The complainants have alleged that Mr. N Chandrababu Naidu and the other legislatures of Telugu Desam Party accompanying him were arrested by the Maharashtra Police on the 16th July,2010 when they were going to visit the site of Babhali project. They were ill treated at the time of their arrest and also in judicial custody. It is also alleged that they were not provided even minimum facilities. Again on the 20th July, 2010, when the arrestees were being taken to unknown destination, the police resorted to unwarranted lathicharge and many of the legislatures were manhandled by the police.
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