Lok Sabha Question No. 351 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Killing of Persons in Noida
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY, ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.351

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01ST DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 10, 1937 (SAKA)

## KILLING OF PERSONS IN NOIDA

351.

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  some  persons  in  a  village  in  Greater  Noida,  Uttar  Pradesh  were recently killed and several injured by a mob on false ground;
- (b)  if  so,  whether  the  National Human  Rights Commission (NHRC) has visited the  site  and  sought  a  report  from  the  State  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  as well as from the Union Government;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether any inquiry has been initiated by the Union Government and report submitted by Uttar Pradesh Government in this regard;
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the number of persons booked for this heinous crime and the action taken against them; and
- (f)  the  steps  taken  or  being  taken by the Union Government for  protection of minorities in the country and stop such cases especially in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a): As per available information, one person and his son were beaten up by a group  of  persons  on  the  intervening  night  of  28-29  September,  2015  on  the allegation of slaughtering a banned animal. One of the persons later succumbed to his injuries.

(b)  to  (c):  As  per  information  received  from  the  National  Human  Rights Commission, it  did  not  send  any  team  for  on  the  spot  investigation  post  the incident  of  alleged  killing.    However,  the  Commission  issued  notices  to  the Chief  Secretary,  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  District  Magistrate/Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, seeking report from them.

(d)  to  (e):  Although  no  inquiry  had  been  initiated  by  the  Ministry  of  Home Affairs, a report had been sought from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh on  the  incident.    According  to  the  report,  some  members  of  a  particular community  entered  the  house  of  a  person  on  the  intervening  night  of  28-29 September, 2015 and beat him and his son up on the allegation of slaughtering a banned animal. One of the persons later succumbed to his injuries.  The State Government  had  informed  that  cases  were  registered  in  the  Police  station Jarcha under Case Crime No. 241/15-Articles 147, 148, 149, 323, 504, 506, 307, 427 and 458 against 10 persons.

(f): 'Public Order' and 'Police' are State subjects as per the provisions of the Constitution  of  India.    The  responsibilities  of  maintaining  law  and  order, investigation, registration/prosecution of crimes, protection of life and property, including that of minorities, rest primarily with the respective State Governments.

However, to maintain communal harmony in the country, the Central Government assists the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations in a  variety  of  ways  like  sharing  of  information,  sending  alert  messages  and advisories, sending Central Armed Police Forces including the composite Rapid Action  Force,  created  specially  to  deal  with  communal  situations,  to  the concerned State Governments on specific requests and in the modernisation of the  State  Police  Forces.    The  Central  Government  has  circulated  revised Guidelines to promote Communal Harmony to the States and Union Territories in 2008 which inter alia, lay down standard operating procedures to be put in place to deal with situation arising out of the communal violence. They also delineate  preventive  and  administrative  measures  to  be  taken  to  maintain communal harmony.  These guidelines are reiterated while sending advisories.

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