The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notices to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Rampur, in connection with alleged sexual assault of some family members of brick kiln labourers. The officers were directed to file their reply within two weeks for further action in the matter.
An official communiqué of the NHRC confirmed that the Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a brick kiln owner, along with a labour contractor and three others, picked up the workers at a brick kiln in Village Dundai of District Rampur, on the 19th January, this year and had kept the men and women in separate rooms of a building. later they sexually assaulted eight of the women. They were released on the next day.
The workers approached the police and filed a complaint with the Shahaj Nagar Police Station. 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 workers. Accordingly, it has issued notices to the DM and SP of Rampur district, calling for a report within two weeks.