The NHRC issued notices to the Director-General of Police (DGP), UP over the arrest of ten people in an alleged false case by the Policemen in Etah district.
The Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that in the district that two policemen got involved in a squabble at a 'dhaba' (eatery) over payment of bill for the food.
According to the National Human Rights Commission statement, the media report that in Etah, 2 Policemen got involved in a squabble at a 'dhaba' (eatery) over payment of bill for the food they consumed.
The notice said that "The policemen then falsely implicated & arrested ten people including the brother of the owner of the eatery & eight customers in an alleged encounter with them. The persons reportedly arrested by the police & lodged in judicial custody at present".
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The NHRC has then issued a notice to the DGP seeking a report in the matter within 6 weeks.
The Commission said that a copy of the proceedings has also been sent to the Member Secretary, the state Legal Aid Services Authority to ensure free legal aid to the arrested people, if not provided.
The notice redads, "The contents of the media report, if true, raise serious issue of violation of Human Rights. The incident, apparently, is a classic example of failure of entire system of checks & balances. Hence, fair investigation is required to be conducted to know as to from where the policemen could manage to procure these items".
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The persons arrested by the police are lodged in judicial custody & as per the FIR, ten people, part of a gang, were hatching a plan to commit a crime of loot & the police caught them after an encounter, the NHRC said.
Six illegal weapons, 80 litres of illicit liquor & two kg contraband had been reportedly projected as recovered from the persons arrested by the police.
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