What reason was given for bringing the three arrested men to the locality, according to the media report?
- A.Reconstruction of the crime scene
- B.A court-ordered identification parade
- C.Recovery of stolen property
- D.A medical examination
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Explanation
The correct answer is reconstruction of the crime scene. The report said the police brought the three arrested men, the girl's father, her maternal uncle and the uncle's friend, back to the same neighbourhood and made them walk shirtless and barefoot for more than 100 metres, purportedly for that purpose. It is precisely the manner of this exercise, with the men paraded semi-nude and ropes tied around their waists, that led the Commission to record that serious issues of human rights violation arise if the account is true. Options B, C and D describe steps that do occur in the course of an investigation but none was the reason stated in this case. The background to the arrests was an incident a day earlier in which a youth of 18, his friend of 19 and the youth's father were beaten at the girl's house and forced at gunpoint to walk on the road without clothes.
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Practice Questions
Which body has taken suo motu cognizance of the reported parading of three persons by police in Kolkata?
- A.National Commission for Women
- B.National Human Rights Commission
- C.Supreme Court of India
- D.National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
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The Commission acted on its own motion on a media report that the police had walked three men through a Kolkata locality in a semi-nude state with ropes tied round their waists, and it issued a notice to the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, seeking a detailed report within two weeks.
Read the full explanation →To whom did the NHRC issue its notice in this matter, and within what time was a report sought?
- A.Chief Secretary of West Bengal, within one month
- B.Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, within two weeks
- C.Director General of Police, West Bengal, within ten days
- D.District Magistrate, Kolkata, within three weeks
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Having taken cognizance of the news report on its own motion, the Commission served the notice on the head of the city police and fixed a fortnight as the period for a detailed report on the matter.
Read the full explanation →In which state did the incident taken up by the NHRC occur?
- A.Odisha
- B.Bihar
- C.West Bengal
- D.Jharkhand
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The parading of the three men took place in Kolkata, the capital of that state, which is why the Commission addressed its notice to the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, and sought a detailed report within two weeks.
Read the full explanation →The Punah Bharan Mobile App launched at the 19th Ganga Flood Control Board meeting serves which purpose?
- A.Forecasting cyclones along the eastern coast
- B.Scientifically identifying sites for artificial groundwater recharge
- C.Registering complaints about drinking water supply
- D.Tracking the cleaning of the Ganga's tributaries
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The Punah Bharan Mobile App, released by the Union Minister of Jal Shakti at the 19th meeting of the Ganga Flood Control Board, is designed to help select suitable locations for artificial recharge work on scientific grounds, so that recharge structures are placed where they will actually raise groundwater levels.
Read the full explanation →When was the Ganga Flood Control Board constituted by the Government of India?
- A.18 April 1972
- B.18 April 1976
- C.15 August 1972
- D.26 January 1980
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The Government of India set up the Ganga Flood Control Board on this date so that measures against floods, bank erosion and drainage problems in the Ganga Basin could be planned and implemented in a coordinated way instead of being left to individual states.
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