National Human Rights Commission on Monday clarified that it has not specifically directed the Delhi Police to take action against former law minister Somnath Bharti and had only asked them to take ‘action as deemed appropriate’ in connection with the midnight raid in south Delhi’s Khirki Extension area in January.
In a statement released on Monday, the Commission said, ‘The NHRC has seen the news stories that it has given a direction for taking action against Somnath Bharti in Khirki Extension incident. It is clarified that the Commission has not given any such direction.’
The Commission had taken suo moto cognizance of the incident and expected some reports from the concerned authorities in the matter while simultaneously getting the issue investigated by its team, report of which is still awaited, the statement said. Meanwhile, NHRC also got a complaint from social activist Shehzad Poonawalla in this regard which was forwarded to Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi.
In a statement released on Monday, the Commission said, ‘The NHRC has seen the news stories that it has given a direction for taking action against Somnath Bharti in Khirki Extension incident. It is clarified that the Commission has not given any such direction.’
The Commission had taken suo moto cognizance of the incident and expected some reports from the concerned authorities in the matter while simultaneously getting the issue investigated by its team, report of which is still awaited, the statement said. Meanwhile, NHRC also got a complaint from social activist Shehzad Poonawalla in this regard which was forwarded to Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi.