NCHRO filed a complaint in SHRC against death of labourer in Surat, Gujarat

On 4 August, 2021, a 32-year-old labourer Irshad Shaikh was declared brought dead in the Lokhat hospital in Gujarat. He was returning home from Chowk Bazar police station on Wednesday.

His family has alleged that they brought Sheikh home from police custody in a critical condition and that he may have died because of torture at the hands of the police. The police had detained Shaikh on August 3, 2021, when he was seen “loitering suspiciously”.

The city police commissioner has ordered a probe into the death. Irshad Shaikh had died under suspicious circumstances.

Against the incident, human rights organisation the National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations filed a complaint in the State Human Rights Commission. The complaint was filed on August 8, 2021 by Ms. Swati Sinha, the Vice President of the Delhi State Committee of NCHRO.

We have urged the SHRC for a fair investigation into the matter.

Sincerely,

Ishu Jaiswal,

Coordinator,

Delhi, NCHRO