New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary and Government of Uttar Pradesh calling for a detailed report in a matter that the bodies of Auraiya road accident victims were being carried along with the injured migrant labourers in the same vehicle by the authorities on May 5.
According to sources, The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports of Auraiya road accident and asked the UP government to submit a detailed report in the matter within four weeks.
NHRC has asked for a comprehensive report from UP govt, giving the details of the action taken against the delinquent officers and relief/ rehabilitation provided to the victim migrant labourers and their families by the state authorities. Along with the action report, the health status of the injured migrant labourers and the status of their medical treatment is also sought, sources said.
In a statement issued NHRC said," It is indeed unethical and inhuman on the part of the authorities to put the dead bodies in the same vehicle in which the injured migrant labourers were asked to travel. The injured persons had suffered not only physical injuries but they were also under tremendous trauma of the fatal accident and in that painful condition, they were forced to sit in the same vehicle where the bodies of the deceased were also kept. The public servants failed to deal with the situation sensibly and acted in a cruel manner violating the right to dignity of the poor labourers."
Reportedly, 26 migrant labourers lost life and more than 30 sustained injuries in the fatal accident when two trucks, one coming from Punjab and the other from Rajasthan, collided on the highway in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh.
Later, as the photographs of the truck carrying the dead and the injured in the same truck went viral on social media, the authorities sensing the outrage transferred the dead bodies in the ambulance vehicles at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, sources added.
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