Nagpur: Maharashtra state human rights commission has issued show cause notices to director of forensic laboratory at Kalina in Mumbai and senior PI RP Shah seeking explanation as to why action should not be initiated against them.The quorum of MA Sayeed, acting chairperson and member, passed the order in the first week of January this year stating that the actions of the then senior PI of Sonegaon police station Shah and the lab director have violated the section 18 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, warranting intervention of the commission.Shah had received information about some bones being found while cleaning a drainage system of an apartment in Manish Nagar on June 12, 2014. Instead of conducting investigation, Shah buried the bones at another place owned by the railways. An inquiry was started after media highlighted the case. Shah’s increment was withheld by the city police top brass following an inquiry by ACP, Sonegaon division.The matter was subsequently referred to the state human rights commission by activist Prakash Bansod of a civil human rights organization.The commission has observed that the Shah had ‘invented his own procedure’ rather than following the norms and procedures to deal with such a serious incident. The commission also stated that the forensic laboratory too had failed to submit the report despite a lapse of around three years.

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