The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a teenage Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped by six youths in Pingri village of Mathura District, on the 19th July, 2014 and sought a detailed report on the issue within a fortnight.
According to reports, the girl had gone to a temple to attend an overnight religious event. When she went to relieve herself at a nearby field, she was abducted and sexually assaulted. The Commission has reportedly observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victim. They issued notices to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, Mathura, calling for a report in the matter within two weeks.