New Delhi, May 31 (FN Agency) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notices to Delhi government and police over the reported falling of a car down from an un-barricaded under-construction stretch of the Barapullah elevated road here on Tuesday, resulting in the death of its occupant. Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports, the Rights body asked the Delhi Chief Secretary and the Secretary of Public Works Department, and the Delhi Police Commissioner to submit a detailed report in the matter within four weeks. The NHRC said the report must include the status of the FIR registered by the police, action taken against the responsible officers/ officials, and compensation if any, granted to the next of kin of the deceased.
The Commission said would also like to know about the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the authorities to ensure that such incidents do not recur anywhere, in the future. The Rights body observed that the contents of the media reports, if true, amount to a serious issue of human rights violation as apparently there was no barricading to stop the movement of a vehicle on the under-construction stretch of the flyover. “It is immaterial whether there was any contributory negligence by the victim while driving. What is more serious is that the authorities recklessly left an under-construction portion of a busy Delhi road un-barricaded, which is unpardonable,” said the Commission.