The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday asked the Karnataka and Odisha Governments to submit reports on the Balangir child attack within two weeks.
Earlier, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) had on Tuesday last directed the State Government to submit an action taken report on the incident within four weeks.
Notably, 10-year-old migrant child labourer Sushant Kumbhar was hit on his left hand with an iron rod allegedly by the owner of a brick kiln in Gulbarga in Karnataka where he was employed along with his parents.
The NHRC took suo motu cognizance of media reports and asked the two State Governments to submit reports.
Sushant is currently under treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack. A team of doctors formed to look after him has suggested plastic surgery of the injured limb of the boy.
The NHRC, in its notice observed, “The contents of the media reports, if true, raise serious human rights issues.”