Mangalore: National Women's Commission Member in City to Probe Resort Attack
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Aug 16: National Commission for Women (NCW) member Shamina Shafiq arrived in the city on Thursday August 16 to investigate the July 28 Morning Mist Home Stay incident wherein partying boys and girls had been beaten up by HJV activists.
She held a closed-door meeting in Circuit House where she spoke to two boy victims.
Later, speaking to mediapersons, she said that she would meet each victim personally and prepare the report shortly and submit it to the chairperson of NCW. "The two boy victims complained that the state Women's Commission chief did not meet them prior to preparing the report," she informed.
She, however, refused to comment on the report prepared by C Manjula, the chief of state Women's Commission and said the report had already been submitted to the NCW. She also termed the home stay incident as 'shocking' and 'unfortunate'
Also, Action Taken Report (ATR) which the DGP and Karnataka police had asked to submit within 10 days has still not been submitted to the NCW, she said.
On the delay in NCW's intervention in the incident as compared to the 2009 pub attack wherein the NCW members had arrived in the city with 2-3 days, she said, "In these 20 days, the state Women's Commission members visited the spot, only after that the NCW members can visit. I will be in city for another two days and speak to each victim individually and to the police."
She later visited the Morning Mist Home Stay for spot inspection.