Jaipur: The National Commission for Minorities on Monday said the alleged forcible hair cut of a Sikh boy in Jaipur last week was related to eve-teasing of a school girl by some outsiders and not to any caste, creed or community incident.
Outsiders targeted Inderpreet, the Sikh boy, after he protested eve-teasing of a girl of a Kendriya Vidalaya, NCM member Harcharan Singh Josh told reporters.
Despite Inderpreet's complaint to the school Principal about a similar eve teasing incident a month ago, no action was taken against culprits, he said.
However, Josh welcomed the arrest of main accused Arjun Meena in the forcible hair cut case.
He said as part of its investigation into the incident, the NCM had held talks with concerned people, police and state government officials.
The NCM had not contacted the girl nor had any plan to talk to her, Josh said in response to a question.
The Commission would submit its fact-finding report on the incident to the Centre and the state government for action, if required, against anyone, he said.
The incident sparked protests by members of the Sikh community in parts of India.
On alleged hair cut of another Sikh boy in Kurukshetra in Haryana, Josh said it was done with boy's consent though police had taken action against the barber who was paid Rs 2OO.
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