New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Advocate Virendra Vashist has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), seeking preventive measures to ensure adequate food, safe drinking water, sanitation and medical assistance for people who may be detained in connection with the ongoing agitation in Delhi or related proceedings.

In a representation dated October 13, Vashist, a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association, has urged the human rights panel to recommend advance arrangements at police custody facilities and designated detention centres to protect the health, dignity and fundamental rights of detainees.

The representation seeks intervention to ensure that no person is deprived of basic necessities while awaiting questioning, verificati...