Nangloi stabbing case: NHRC notice to Delhi Police

The NHRC Friday sent a notice to the Delhi Police chief in connection with the murder of a woman by a man despite she earlier complaining to the police about being harassed by him.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in a statement said it has also asked its the Director General (Investigation) to depute a team from its investigation division to conduct a fact-finding on-the-spot investigation.

"The team is directed to examine all the stakeholders and to obtain necessary records including relevant portion of the general diary of the police station," it said.

The NHRC said it has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that despite having lodged a complaint with the police about her harassment and blackmailing by the contractor of a shoe factory, a woman worker was stabbed to death by him in front of her house in Nagloi on February 6.

It has observed that the contents of the media reports, if true, amount to gross violation of her human rights.

Accordingly, it has issued a ..