India, Aug. 6 -- A fact-finding committee appointed by the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) on Wednesday visited the Bharti Vidyapeeth police station, examined records related to the incident in which three murder accused were tied to the bonnet of a police vehicle and paraded through parts of the area, and recorded statements of police officials. The committee has been asked to submit its report within a week.

The MSHRC ordered the inquiry after taking suo motu cognisance of the incident, calling it "barbaric" and saying it reflected a state of "jungle raj". It observed that publicly humiliating suspects before any determination of guilt prima facie violated their constitutional rights to dignity and due process.

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