New Delhi, June 12th, 2011
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports alleging that a teenage girl was raped and killed at a police station in the Lakhimpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The Commission has decided to depute its investigation team for conducting an on the spot enquiry into the incident. It has also decided to issue notice to the Director General Police of the State, calling for a detailed report in the incident within four weeks.
According to media reports carried on the 12th June, 2011, when the girl, aged14 years, did not return home till the late evening, her mother went out in search of her. She found her body hanging from a tree at the local police station complex. She alleged that the policemen after raping her daughter killed her and hanged her body from the tree.
Eleven police personnel posted at the concerned police station have reportedly been suspended following a protest by the local residents demanding action against the guilty police officials. The Commission has observed that if the contents of media reports are true, then it's a serious issue of human rights violation of the girl.
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