NHRC notice to Orissa govt on Hindu groups' bandh on X'mas day

Published: December 18,2008 in Indopia New Delhi, Dec 18 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued a notice to Orissa government asking it to explain how it proposes to deal with a bandh called by the Sangh Parivar in the state on Christmas day. The Commission asked the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police of Orissa to explain in three days what steps the state has taken for protection of minorities during the Christmas season. The notice was issued after Congress leader Margaret Alva wrote a letter to NHRC in which she expressed apprehension that violence may erupt in Orissa in the wake of the bandh call given to press for arrest of killers of VHP leader Laxmananda Saraswati in Kandhamal district of Orissa. more