SUO MOTU COGNIZANCE Pregnant woman thrown from moving train in Uttar Pradesh

The Commission took suo motu cognizance of media reports that on 18th June, 2009 two constables of the Government Railway Police (GRP) pushed a pregnant woman along with her three year old daughter from a moving train as she failed to pay them a bribe of one hundred rupees for travelling without ticket in the Mallani-Gonda passenger train. She died on the spot. Considering this as a serious issue of human rights violation, the Commission issued a notice to the Inspector General of Police, Railways, Lucknow calling for a report in the matter.