The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Sunday issued a notice to the Delhi Chief Secretary, seeking a report on the Mundka fire incident within two weeks, and decided to send its own team to investigate the site.
The NHRC took suo motu cognisance of the May 13 fire that killed 27 people at a factory that was operating illegally. The NHRC asked the Chief Secretary to inform it about the action taken against the officials responsible and the status of relief and rehabilitation of the victims.
“The commission has observed that going by the contents of media reports, this appears to be the worst case of gross violation of human rights of the victims due to utter apathy and complete dereliction of statutory duties of public servants in the national Capital of Delhi causing loss of valuable lives due to fire,” an NHRC statement said.
