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NHRC Finds Torture Of SIMI Activists In MP Jail, Recommends Action Against Jail Staff For Religious Antagonism

NHRC Finds Torture Of SIMI Activists In MP Jail, Recommends Action Against Jail Staff For Religious Antagonism
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The National Human Rights Commission team had found complaints of바카라 웹사이트barbaric and inhuman behaviour with 21 SIMI under-trials in바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트to be true. The NHRC panel has allegedly recommended legal action against jail staff for harbouring religious antagonism against the under-trials.

“Jail staff seem to harbour religious antagonism to these prisoners which is reflected in inhuman treatment,” said Madhuri,바카라 웹사이트co-ordinator for MP바카라 웹사이트PUCL바카라 웹사이트while referring to one of바카라 웹사이트the recommendations made by the NHRC in it라이브 바카라 report on the basis of a complaint lodged by the families of 21 prisoners in Bhopal.

“The families of 21 prisoners, all accused in cases related to SIMI had met NHRC on바카라 웹사이트May 24, 2017. During the meeting, they had registered a complaint before the NHRC by alleging systematic harassment, physical & mental torture, denial of mental treatment, religious persecution and intimidation being done by jail staff to these prisoners,” said Madhuri at a press conference on바카라 웹사이트Saturday.

Taking a serious note of the complaint, the NHRC has sent a team to investigate the matter in바카라 웹사이트June 2017, she added. On the basis of the findings, the NHRC has prepared a report where it has found complaints of verbal abuse, mental torture, prisoners being denied minimum sleep and inadequate medical treatment during their illness 바카라 웹사이트to be correct, she added.

The investigation team has recommended “appropriate legal action against the jail authorities who have been directly or indirectly involved in beating, torture, criminal intimidation and denial of basic human rights of the 21 prisoners. And also action against jail doctor for helping the authorities to cover up the abuse,” said Madhuri while refering to the NHRC report sent to Madhya Pradesh Government on바카라 웹사이트October 10, 2017.

Shama, wife of Mohammed Javed (30), a resident of Mahidpur in Ujjain district told media persons that her husband is being tortured on occasions.

“I met my husband on바카라 웹사이트March 15바카라 웹사이트and my mother-in-law met his son on바카라 웹사이트March 26. During our meeting, he told us similar things that during night 바카라 웹사이트several time 바카라 웹사이트jail staff wakes him up on the basis of routine checking. On occasions, other prisoners namely Amit C, 바카라 웹사이트Dharmendra G and Vijay Verma hurl abusive words on him,” Shama said at a press conference.

The others present in the press conference include social activists - educationist Anil Sadgopal, Abdul Jabbar convenor of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan, advocate Sajid Ali.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트

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