Media carried reports on the 18th June, 2010 depicting photographs of security men carrying the bodies of Naxalites, including women, with their hands and feet tied to bamboo poles in West Midnapore, West Bengal. The Commission in its proceedings on the 21st June, 2010, observed that the report, if true, raises a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victims. A notice was issued to the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India inviting factual report in the matter.