Batla House encounter: NHRC gives clean chit to Delhi police

New Delhi, July 22 (PTI) National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) Wednesday gave clean chit to Delhi Police in
Batla House encounter case in which two suspected Indian
Mujahideen terrorists and a decorated police officer were
killed last year.

The NHRC, which had conducted inquiry in the case on
the direction of the Delhi High Court, said in its report that
there has been no violation of human rights by actions of
police in which two alleged terrorists were gunned down on
September 19, 2008.

"We are clearly of the opinion that having regard to
the material placed before us, it cannot be said that there
has been any violation of human rights by action of police,"
the Commission said in its 30-page report submitted in a
sealed envelope to the High Court.

The Commission after conducting the inquiry came to
the conclusion that police action was protected by law and
there was no human rights violation.

The report filed by the Commission said that the
action taken by police in which two persons died "is fully
protected by law and there is no need for further inquiry in
the case.

"Since there was no violation of human rights, nothing
further is required to be done by the Commission,"it said.

"There is ample and sufficient material before us
which leads to the conclusion that there was imminent danger
to the life of members of police party," the NHRC said.

The High Court had directed the Commission to conduct
the inquiry after questions were raised on the conduct of
police in the encounter by some NGOs and social activists.

The Court had on May 21 asked the NHRC to complete
within two months its inquiry into the controversial encounter
case in which Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, an encounter
specialist, had sucummbed to bullet injuries. PTI PNM
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