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Anara Gupta's family approaches NHRC
December 28, 3004
New Delhi - Alleging that they were tortured by Jammu and Kashmir police for
several days, the family of the main accused in the porn CD case Anara Gupta
today approached NHRC seeking a CBI probe into the matter.
Gupta's mother Rajrani met National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Registrar
Ajit Bharioke and submitted a petition alleging that the family of the former
Miss Jammu was "illegally detained and tortured" by police for 11 days.
"We asked the Commission to initiate a CBI probe into the matter as the
suspension of five policemen in the case proves the complicity of the state
police," she told reporters later.
Bharioke informed her that NHRC had already asked the Jammu and Kashmir
Director General of Police (DGP) for a report about the case on the basis of a
complaint filed by an advocate Prabir Kumar Das, she said.
"However, the four week time given by NHRC has already expired but no reply has
been received. The NHRC assured us that action would be taken on our petition
as well as the one filed by the advocate," said Sanjay Sachdeva, Gupta's
maternal uncle who is also the Delhi unit chief of Panther's Party.
"We will be informed about it by next week," he added.
The family had already approached National Commission for Women (NCW) on the
matter and claimed that the girl in the porn CD was not Anara.
NCW Chairperson Poornima Advani yesterday wrote to Home Minister Shivraj Patil
urging a 'proper probe' in the case.
Sachdeva said the family had sought appointments with UPA Chairperson Sonia
Gandhi and Patil to "inform them personally about the torture they have
undergone."
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