Nodeep Kaur case | NHRC seeks report from Haryana Police
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Activists seek intervention for co-accused Shiv Kumar, who is still in jail.
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Activists seek intervention for co-accused Shiv Kumar, who is still in jail. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Haryana Police for a report on a complaint that labour activist Nodeep Kaur, who was arrested on January 12 after a stir to demand workers’ wages in Kundli, was harassed and tortured in custody.
The Sonipat Superintendent of Police (SP) was on February 18 given four weeks to respond, according to the proceedings. Ms. Kaur was released on bail on February 26. According to the complaint, “the victim who is a social activist was illegally arrested in a false complaint, was harassed, sexually assaulted in the police custody, and was subjected to police torture”.
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