The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to West Bengal government over reported deaths of nearly 1,000 people due to malnutrition in three closed tea gardens in Jalpaiguri district and two in Alipurduar district...In a statement, the Commission said it has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that nearly 1,000 people have died due to malnutrition in tea estates in Dooars and Surendranagar in Jalpaiguri, and Dharanipur, Dheklapara and Bandapani in Alipurduar...Reportedly, the West Bengal Government has declined to acknowledge that these deaths occurred due to starvation. It has even declined to recognise that there was any malnutrition death.