Mumbai, Sept. 3 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued a notice to the Maharashtra Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, seeking a detailed report on the collapse of an unauthorised building in Virar East, Palghar district, which resulted in the death of 17 people.
Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports, the NHRC observed that if the reports are true, they raise serious issues of human rights violations. The incident occurred on August 27, when a portion of the four-storey building, constructed about ten years ago, collapsed, injuring eight others.
According to a release from the Press Information Bureau, the Commission has asked the state authorities to submit a detailed report on the matter within two...