NHRC notice to Bihar Government over Muzaffarpur incident

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New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar, a person tried to outrage the modesty of a woman and when he was not successful, he poured kerosene on her and put her on fire.

The victim woman has suffered 85 per cent burn injuries and has been admitted to Sri Krishna Medical College & Hospital (SKMCH), Muzaffarpur,  where her condition is critical. The victim’s family had approached police five times for registarion of an FIR but neither an FIR was registered by police nor any action was taken against the accused.

The Commission has observed that the contents of the news reports, if trues, amount to serious violation of human rights of the victim. Accordingly, it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Bihar, calling for a detailed report in the matter within four weeks. The Commission would also like to know about the status of the investigation and treatment of the victim woman, who is reportedly in a state of coma at SKMCH Hospital in Muzaffarpur. The report must include whether any departmental action has been taken against the police officials concerned and whether any relief has been granted to the victim/ family, according to an NHRC releazse.

The accused, as mentioned in the news report, was harassing the victim for the last three years for which the family of the woman had approached the Ahiyapur police station five times to get an FIR registered but no FIR was registered by the police.