By PTI
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) , the apex child rights body of India, on Saturday urged governments of states that witnessed “communal protests” over remarks made by two now-sacked BJP functionaries against Prophet Mohammad to recommend a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA)into the use of children in the violence.
The use of children in last week’s violence may have been coordinated by dubious organisations, NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo alleged in a tweet in Hindi.
देश में पिछले सप्ताह हुई साम्प्रदायिक हिंसा में बच्चों का उपयोग व दंगाइयों द्वारा खुद के बचाव के लिए बच्चों को आगे करने के मामले संदिग्ध संगठनों द्वारा समन्वित संचालित हो सकते हैं,@NCPCR_ ने राज्य सरकारों से आग्रह किया है कि वे #NIA द्वारा जाँच हेतु केंद्र सरकार को अनुशंसा करें।
— प्रियंक कानूनगो Priyank Kanoongo (@KanoongoPriyank) June 18, 2022
The NCPCR has urged the state governments to recommend to the Centre a probe by the NIA into the matter, he said.
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On June 10, protests erupted in several parts of the country, including outside Delhi’s Jama Masjid, with hundreds of people demanding the arrest of now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and the party’s former Delhi unit media chief Naveen Jindal over their controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammad.
Earlier, Kanpur witnessed communal violence over the issue which left at least 40 people, including 20 police personnel, injured.
