In its first meeting as a chairman with the members of the 'Peace and Harmony Committee' constituted to regulate the content distributed on social media in the wake of Delhi riots, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader Raghav Chddha said that the committee has till now received 7,732 complaints including 232 emails through the dedicated Whatsapp and mobile numbers shared by the Delhi Government.
The Delhi Government has shared dedicated numbers and asked people to report hateful messages or content that comes to their notice.
The committee has screened 2,210 such complaints so far and out of which 504 complaints were found to be inflammatory, provocative and incriminating in nature while 311 were found useless.
According to sources in the government, so far 120 complainants have approached Delhi government while nine are those who will appear before the committee.
Disclosing first day's functioning, Chaddha said on Tuesday that the committee had summoned two complainants and both were heard at length. "After recording their statements and preliminary enquiry report, a fit case for registration of FIR is made out," the AAP leader said.
Notably, in consultation with the legislators, Delhi government has constituted a committee in the wake of Delhi riots on February end claimed loss of 53 lives and above 350 injured.
In order to settle victims, Delhi Government has released Rs 13,51,51,590 compensation amount to the riot victims
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia along with other senior officials from the administration also reviewed the report on providing compensation amount to the riot victims and instructed officials to escalate the relief work as riot victims are returning back to homes.
Citing discrepancies in some forms in the context of misspelt names and duplications, Sisodia said, "I want to get done with relief disbursements as soon as possible. All irregularities with respect to names of victims should be sorted." He also directed the DMs to sort the duplication issue of forms soon. "I want you to direct your respective SDMs to speed up the verification process and remove all kinds of duplication found in the relief compensation forms. I want my team to work day and night and get done with the verification immediately." "As the families are all set to move from the relief camps and head to their homes, it is important for us to ensure a safe environment for them. Tighten the security and deport more police officers to the affected regions. This is a step for the people to get their fears quelled, and to restart their lives normally again. It is also important for us in our peace restoration measures.
According to government data, 214 forms have been received for substantial damage to households and 203 of them have been provided with full monetary compensation. 221 forms for households with minor damages have been received out of which 163 have been fully compensated.
The relief response team highlighted three cases of children who were victims of acid attack in the recent riots of North East Delhi. "Acid attack cases have to be treated under the category of grievous injury and the compensation should be given accordingly. It not only impacts someone physically but also pushes the victim into a phase of immense mental trauma," said Satyender Jain, Health Minister.
