The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to hold a two-day Camp Sitting in Raipur on 11th-12th April, 2013.
A delegation of the National Human Rights Commission headed by Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson, Justice B.C. Patel and Satyabrata Pal, Members, Director General (Investigation) and other senior officers will be attending the Camp Sitting.
Chhattisgarh chief secretary Sunil Kumar and state's Director General of Police (DGP) Ramniwas received NHRC chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan at Raipur airport on Wednesday.
On the opening day of the Camp Sitting on Thursday, the Commission has decided to take up 26 cases in Full Commission and Division Bench Sittings to be held at New Circuit House, Civil lines. As many as 19 cases will be be taken up by the Full Commission comprising Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson, Justice B.C. Patel, Member and Satyabrata Pal, Member. 7 cases of deaths in police action will be taken up by the Division Bench comprising Justice B.C. Patel, Member and Satyabrata Pal, Member.
The cases to be taken up during the Camp Sitting, among others, include excesses by Salwa Judum members, torture in Police custody, atrocities on SCs, Malnutrition, sexual abuse of students, reconstruction of school buildings, damaged /destroyed by Naxalites, death of under trial prisoner in judicial custody, deaths in alleged fake encounter, medical negligence etc.
On the second day of the Camp Sitting, the Commission will hold a meeting with local NGOs on human rights issues from 10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.. Thereafter, the Commission will hold discussions with the Chief Secretary, DGP, DMs, SPs and other senior civil, police and jail officers on the issues raised by the NGOs and on the issues related to strategy of the State Government to combat Naxalism, atrocities committed on tribals in districts of Bastar and Dantewada by Police, security forces and Salwa Judum, relief and rehabilitation of tribal victims of violence by security forces and Naxalites, education for tribal children in Bastar and Dantewada district, PDS system in the state, prison reforms, bonded labour and child labour, manual scavenging and sanitation, status of implementation of recommendations of K.B. Saxena's report on SCs.