Heptulla parries question on NCM report

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 22 2015 | 8:02 PM IST
Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla today parried a question about the report of National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Dadri lynching incident saying "I am yet to see the report."
NCM in its report had described the Dadri incident as the result of "pre-meditated planning" under which people were incited using a temple.
A three-member team of the NCM headed by its chairman Naseem Ahmad had visited Bishada village near Dadri in Uttar Pradesh after the incident and interacted with family members of the victim, the concerned authorities and locals.
"The facts as reported to the NCM team point strongly that the whole episode was the result of a planning in which a sacred place like temple was used for exhorting people of one community to attack a hapless family," the report said.
However, when asked about her comment on NCM report, Minority Affairs Minister parried the question.
"I am yet to see the report. So how will I comment on it?" she said at the sidelines of a function here.
On the recent Dalit killing incident in Haryana, she said "killing of anybody is wrong".
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First Published: Oct 22 2015 | 8:02 PM IST

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