NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported assault and inhuman treatment of a woman by her husband and family members enraged by her living with another man in Surendranagar district, Gujarat

India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a married woman, who had been living with another man, was subjected to cruel and inhuman treatment by her husband and family in Surendranagar district, Gujarat. Reportedly, the woman and the man were tracked and brought back under the guise of conducting a 'purification ritual'. The woman was beaten with sticks, kicked and tied to a tree. The accused also allegedly forced the man accompanying her to rape her.

The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of human rights. Accordingly, it has issued notices to th...