The Centre has filed an interim report on communal violence in Gujarat to the National Human Rights Commission in response to the Commission's preliminary comments and recommendations and has sought time till April 30 to file a comprehensive report, NHRC sources said on Thursday.
While, the Gujarat government, which along with the Centre was asked to respond to the within 15 days, filed its report on last Monday, the Centre sent its response only after receiving a reminder from the NHRC.
"We have received an interim report from the Centre on communal violence in Gujarat. However, they have sought time till April 30 to file a comprehensive report in the incidents of violence," sources said in New Delhi.
The Centre has sought times as it is gathering information from various ministries.
The NHRC had asked for responses "to enable further consideration of the matter by the Commission without any avoidable delay."
While releasing its report on April 1, the Commission had accused the Gujarat government of failing to take action leading to communal riots in the state and asked it to entrust investigation of "critical cases" of violence to CBI and establish special courts to try them.
However, both the reports were not expected to be discussed in the Commission immediately as the NHRC Chairman J S Verma is in Geneva for a UN conference and is scheduled to return only by April 26. Bureau Report