New Delhi, April 10 -- National Human Rights Commision (NHRC) Member Priyank Kanoongo on Friday said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint against Gleeden -- a social networking platform that facilitates extramarital relationships -- and issued a notice to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) seeking a report on the matter.

In a post on X, Kanoongo said the complaint was received from Sewa Nyaya Utthan Foundation, which alleged that Gleeden offers opportunities for married women and men to engage in extramarital physical relationships and that around 40 lakh Indian women and men are active on the platform.

"A complaint has been received from the @sewanyaya organisation ...