New Delhi: Asserting that terrorists have no Human Rights, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on November 8 criticised the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for questioning Delhi police on the South Delhi encounter and advised the Centre to consider taking matters pertaining to ultras out of its purview.

"To get any relief from a body like NHRC, one has to be a human first. Those who do not care for Human Rights and indulge in ghastly killing of innocent persons including women and children, can they be called human beings?" VHP president V H Dalmia said in a statement.

Expressing shock over the commission's notices to Delhi police on November 3 encounter at a posh shopping mall in which two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ultras were killed, he said, "Inhuman and barbarous acts on the part of terrorists dis-entitles them to get any kind of relief from the NHRC."

Condemning those who petitioned the panel on the incident, he said, "Those who sympathise with terrorists are not only anti-national but also have no regard for the danger to other fellow citizens. Their actions would serve the purpose of terrorists by demoralising the security personnel."

Dalmia advised the government to devise means to deal with "such anti-national elements" and also to amend the law, if need be, "to debar the NHRC from dealing with matters concerning terrorists".

Taking exception to the criticism of the police by some "so-called Human Rights activists" on the issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had on November 7 asked them to be "sure" of their facts before discrediting the security forces.

PTI