NHRC issues notice to U.P. DGP, Home Secretary over alleged police excess during Meerut protest

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NHRC issues notice to U.P. DGP, Home Secretary over alleged police excess during Meerut protest

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The NHRC has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh DGP and Home Secretary regarding alleged police excess during a peaceful protest in Meerut. The protest demanded justice in a Dalit woman's murder case, with several protesters reportedly injured in a lathi charge.

Complaint with NHRC says police carried out an 'unprovoked, brutal lathi-charge’ on participants in what was described as a peaceful public demonstration demanding justice in the murder case of a Dalit woman, that left several protesters with severe injuries

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