The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that a young man on allegation of theft was hanged to a tree and fire was ignited underneath in full public view after being beaten and dragged outside his house by a group of people led by the village head of Divaichi in Firozabad district, on March 28, 2023.
Reportedly, after subjecting him to such inhuman treatment, the perpetrators left the victim hanging, presuming that he was dead.
Later, the victim was rescued by his brother-in-law and was admitted to a private hospital for medical treatment.
The NHRC observed that the contents of the media report, if true, raised a serious issue of human rights violations of the victim and issued notices to the chief secretary and the director general of police of Uttar Pradesh, calling for a detailed report in the matter within six weeks, including status of the FIR registered in the matter and health status of the victim as well as monetary relief, if any, granted to him by the administration.
According to a media report carried on April 6, 2023, the entire incident was video recorded by the villagers and when the video went viral, it came to the notice of the general public.