Lucknow, Aug 8 (UNI) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media reports that three children, aged 8-9 years, died due to drowning in a six-foot-deep pit left open by a builder during the construction of a building in a newly developed colony in Meerut on August 3.
The Commission on Friday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.
The children, reportedly, fell into the pit when they were on their way back from a shop after buying chocolate.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of the human rights of the victim children.
The notice says that the UP government report should include the status of the investigation of the case as well as compensation, if any, provided to the next of kin of the victims.
According to media reports, carried on August 5, the builder dug a six-foot-deep pit about 40 days back in the colony and left it open. The pit was filled with rainwater.
