Mamata Banerjee tweaked: Calcutta High Court rejects stay petition on probe into post-election violence

The National Human Rights Commission will investigate the violence

Following the order of the Calcutta High Court, the Human Rights Commission formed a committee: Order to submit report to Bengal Government

Kolkata: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has set up a committee to probe post-election violence in West Bengal following an order from the Calcutta High Court.

The Calcutta High Court rejected an application by the West Bengal government seeking stay of the June 18 order under which the committee was constituted. The TMC had moved the Calcutta High Court seeking stay on the decision of the National Human Rights Commission to form a committee.

The High Court's refusal to stay the case paved the way for the formation of a committee of the Human Rights Commission. The Calcutta High Court said that so far the National Human Rights Commission has received 541 complaints. From this it becomes necessary to investigate. Not only that, the High Court has also directed Mamata Banerjee's government to submit a report on the steps taken to prevent violence to National Human Rights.

Retired Justice Arun Mishra, Chairman, Human Rights Commission, has constituted the committee. Will do

Union Minister Smriti Irani said that the decision of the High Court would strengthen the confidence of the victims. Governor Jagdeep Ghankhad also targeted the Mamata government, saying, "I am surprised that even seven weeks after the election, such a situation is being ignored. This is the biggest post-independence election violence."