NHRC notice to UP Police for 'torturing'
5-year-old
Wednesday April 10, 2013 06:01:36 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued a notice
to Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly "torturing" a five-year-old
boy by subjecting him to electric shocks.
"The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that in
an alleged case of theft, a five-year-old boy was severely
tortured by police in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh," said a statement
from the NHRC.
It added that "the boy, a student of Class 1, was picked up by
police personnel Feb 2 in Lucknow and was subjected to severe
torture, including electric shocks to his ears".
The victim bore injuries behind his ears when he was presented
before the Juvenile Justice Board.
However, police denied the allegations and said that the victim
was beaten up by people before being handed over to them.
The Juvenile Justice Board has ordered the boy's immediate release
on bail.
The NHRC observed that the media reports, if true, raise a serious
issue of violation of human rights.
It has issued a notice to the senior superintendent of police,
Lucknow, to submit a report within four weeks.
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