NHRC denies Delhi Police claim in media reports on Batla House Encounter

New Delhi 16th October, 2008

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has denied reports published in a section of media that it has received a report from the Delhi Police Commissioner on the Batla House encounter in Jamia Nagar in New Delhi on 19.09.08. The Commission will take a view on the issue only after a report on encounter is received by the Delhi Police. The Commission had issued a notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner on 24.09.08 on the complaint of an NGO, Real Cause. The complainant had submitted that a team of special cell of Delhi Police brought two dead bodies after an hour long alleged encounter at L-18, Batla House, Okhla, New Delhi on 19/09/2008.


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