The Hindu : NHRC notice to Centre, J&K Govt.

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NHRC notice to Centre, J&K Govt.

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI MARCH 26. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Union and Jammu and Kashmir Governments to submit reports on the massacre of 24 Kashmiri Pandits in Nadimarg, which occurred "despite the presence of a police picket there."

The NHRC also asked the Union Home Secretary and the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary to provide details of the measures taken or planned to be taken to increase security of the Pandits in the State and to ameliorate the suffering of the families of those killed or traumatised.

Taking a suo motu cognisance of the killings, the Commission said that such an "unspeakable act of violence,'' was "deeply hostile to human rights, including the most fundamental of human rights — the right to life."

The massacre, the Commission said, was "doubly reprehensible'' as it had taken place at a time when fresh efforts were under way to bring peace and reconciliation to the States.''

The NHRC said that it had received a petition from the Kashmiri Samiti, copies of which had been sent to the State and Central Governments.

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