Summary:
more-inThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik over the alleged suicide by a girl inside a police post in Tilak Vihar on Sunday. Absent women officersThe NHRC asked the commissioner to present a detailed report, including the inquest and post-mortem examination reports, within six weeks. Human rights violationTaking suo motu cognisance of media reports, the NHRC observed that if true, the news reports pointed towards human rights violation and gross negligence by the police personnel present. According to reports, the 17-year-old girl had been at the centre of a dispute between her family and their neighbours. It also asked the commissioner to explain why there was no woman police personnel present..