NHRC has certainly gone bonkers. Last Thursday they crazily directed Ministry of Defence and even the chief of Indian Air Force (IAF) to take appropriate action in relation to a so called complaint that “ sought compensation to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.”
Whoever made this kind of nonsensical complaint, The NHRC went one step ahead and has given MoD and IAF eight weeks time to give the so called compensation.
The NHRC passed an ORDER to the IAF stating that, “These complaints should be transmitted to the concerned authority for such action as deemed appropriate.
The authority concerned is directed to take appropriate action within eight weeks associating the complainant/victim and to inform them of the action taken in the matter.”
The NHRC forgot that it had no authority whatsoever, to pass any ORDERS to the IAF. It passed its crazy direction in response to a complaint filed by Thane-based lawyer Aditya Mishra. He had asked the NHRC to “recommend the Central government to compensate Abhinandan Varthaman suitably.”
Mishra, in his complaint had said that, “Various petitions are filed in our country for the compliance of due process of law and to ensure that human rights of anyone are not violated.
But hardly any petition has been filed for appropriate compensation to our defence forces who lay down their life in protection of our country.
“Our country has witnessed a gallantry act by our Air Force officer Wing Commander Shri Abhinandan Varthaman, who was detained by Pakistan army on 27.02.2019,” the complaint said.
The complaint also said, “There were numerous reports in media in which it was shown that our officer Abhinandan was tortured and beaten when he was kept in captivity by Pakistan forces. He suffered all this for our country.”
After the Balakot airstrike in Pakistan by the IAF, the neighbouring country had tried to enter the Indian airspace. During the aerial combat which ensued in the aftermath, IAF fighter jet pilot Abhinandan Varthaman’s plane was shot down and he crash landed in Pakistan.
Abhinandan was spotted by the Pakistani forces when he was attacked by a mob of local villagers. The pak rangers rescued him. He subsequently made it back to India after a series of diplomatic dialogues.
Since, Mishra’s complaint was filed during the time when Varthaman was in Pakistan, he had also sought “special protection to his family members”. However, with Varthaman’s release after a few days, his demands did not survive.
NHRC took cognizance of the complaint on May 1 and subsequently passed an order on May 7. Thank God NHRC did not pass any orders to PAF or Govt of Pakistan to pay compensation to our Pilot.
Let it be known to all that our braves do not fight the enemy for compensations and the NHRC need not intervene on their behalf for compensations.
