Putting its foot down, the Calcutta High Court on Friday (July 2) ordered the West Bengal police to register all cases of the victims of the post-poll violence in the State. The court had ordered the NHRC to constitute a committee to investigate all the cases of post-poll violence. The seven-member committee had submitted the interim report on Wednesday (June 30).
While passing directions on the post-poll violence in West Bengal, a five-judge panel directed the state government to provide medical treatment for all victims and ration even for those who did not have ration cards. The court ordered the West Bengal Chief Secretary to preserve all the post-poll violence-related documents.
The court also ordered the second autopsy of BJP worker Abhijeet Sarkar, who was dragged and lynched in his home in Kolkata on May 2 at Command Hospital in Kolkata. It issued a show-cause notice to Rashid Munir Khan, DCP Jadavpur, asking him to explain why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against him. Locals attacked the NHRC team in Jadavpur.
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