The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that a teenage Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by six youths in Pingri village of Mathura District, on July 19, 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 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.