A case of Rape of Women Prisoners in Nimika Jail , Haryana

 Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:10 PM

DG (Prison) Report's Loopholes Highlighted by NHRC

After a complaint filed by Ravi Nitesh of Mission Bhartiyam (a youth organization), regarding 'rape of two women prisoners in Nimika Jail of Haryana by Dy. Superintendent of Jail' and where the National Human Rights Commission registered a case on his appeal vide case no 3396/7/3/2013, a report was asked by commission from DG (Prison), Haryana. The complainant Ravi Nitesh reported to commission about sexual exploitation of women prisoners and after their complaints with a judicial magistrate who was on an official visit to jail, women were later beaten by jail officials. 

In his report to commission, DG (Prison) , Haryana sent a report on 09th July 2013 informed that inquiry by Addl. IG Prison, Haryana was conducted and found that allegations are false, however the report doesn't rule out the possibility of beating of women prisoner by women warden. The report says that all allegation regarding sexual abuse or social and physical exploitation were found false. DG Prison also informed in their report that a FIR was also registered vide FIR no 139 dated 14.05.2013 at PS Ballabhgarh. NHRC received the copy of FIR and report and found serious loopholes such as:

1. Report does not show that statements of alleged victims were recorded during inquiry of Addl. IG Prison, Haryana and no copy of any such statement is enclosed with report.

2. Medical examination report , if any, is not enclosed in report. 

Commission again sent notice and directed to DG (Prison), Haryana to file their reply with availability of these documents within four weeks. Complainant will also receive a copy of report for the comments. In his complaint, complainant sought for legal action by commission against the Dy Superintendent Prison and Legal, Medical and Psychological assistance to victims. 

Link to NHRC Action : http://nhrc.nic.in/display.asp?fno=3396/7/3/2013-AR 

Sincerely:

Ravi Nitesh, New Delhi (INDIA)

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G M S Kahlon added on Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 12:47 AM

In Enquiry Report of this case it is mentioned that Mobile Charger was found from one of victim. Where I am surprised that there were no mobile phones in year 1991 as the date of incident. please note this blunder

Threats to the former DGP Gujarat RB Sreekumar

Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:48 PM

Restoration of the 24 hour police protection insisted 

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The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) through its secretary, Teesta Setalvad has approached the NHRC for restoration of the 24 hour police protection given to former DGP Gujarat RB Sreekumar since October 2007. Sreekumar a key witness in the Zakia Jafri case faces serious threat from a vindictive state government against whom he has taken a clear and principled stand on ethics and governance. CJP met NHRC Chairperson Justice KG Balakrishnan today expressing serious concern and thus sudden and inexplicable withdrawal. It is learnt that a committee consisting of ACS Home SK Nanda and DIG Intelligence took this sudden and inexplicable decision on the late evening of September 24.

Attached is the previous correspondence related to the question. In 2007 it was on just such a request to NHRC after a break into the former DGP's Gandhinagar residence that the government of Gujarat had been compelled to give protection in the first place.

As recently widely reported arguments made in the Zakia Jafri case have shown, RB Sreekumar’s direct evidence relate to the consistent warnings from state intelligence of communal mobilisation the home department of the government of Gujarat headed by Narendra Modi that were willfully ignored; direct evidence related to illegal instructions issued by the home minister himself; direct evidence related to the state police and intelligence’s own independent assessments of the communal and hate driven speeches of A-1 Modi and collaborators from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). The government's action is a sinister signal.