India, July 13 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that four girl students were bitten by a snake in the hostel of a higher secondary residential school in the Lohardaga district, Jharkhand on the 7th July 2026. One of them died while the other three are undergoing medical treatment. Reportedly, the snake bit the students while they were sleeping after dinner in the ground floor room of the hostel.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of human rights of the students. Therefore, it has issued notices to the state Chief Secretary, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks. The report is ...