The NHRC has issued notice to SSP of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh over allegations of gangrape of a woman constable.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh over allegations of gangrape of a woman constable by her colleagues.
Taking suo motu cognizance of a media report that a woman constable was gangraped by her male colleagues in Maoranipur of Jhansi district, the Commission has issued notice to SSP Jhansi seeking a report within two weeks.
"The Commission has observed that the contents of the report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victim," an NHRC statement said.
According to a media report published on the October 6 and forwarded by a human rights activist to the Commission, the woman constable, a resident of Mainpuri, was posted at Etawah Police Line.
The statement said the victim had come to Maoranipur for duty at a fair at Jal Vihar for 15 days. After the fair, when she was returning on September 28, she was enticed by two constable colleagues and taken in a car driven by another person where she was allegedly gangraped by them.
She was later admitted in a critical condition at district hospital in Etawah.