New Delhi, 31st December, 2012

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a five-year-old girl was raped by two men in Bidar, Karnataka and who were yet to be arrested. Allegedly, the girl was taken to the Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad after doctors at the Bidar Government General Hospital told her parents that she needed a surgery.

The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the girl.

Notice has been issued to the Superintendent of Police, Bidar, Karnataka calling for report in the matter within four weeks.

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