Rights panel to probe night shelter blaze
November 21st, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday said a team of its officials will inquire into last week’s fire at the capital’s sole night shelter for women in which a nine-year-old girl was killed.
“The commission has asked its director general (investigation) to send a team for an on-spot enquiry into the incident,” an NHRC official said in a statement.
The team has been asked to submit a report within a week.
Nine-year-old Vinita was killed after a blaze engulfed the night shelter on Baba Kharak Singh Marg in central Delhi Nov 18.
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