India, April 8 -- 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 on 22nd March, 2026, a journalist was apprehended in an unlawful manner by the Rajkot Crime Branch police in Gujarat. The journalist was stripped naked, suspended upside down and subjected to physical torture resulting in serious injuries to him. Reportedly, the police tried to threaten the Rajkot Civil Hospital staff against admitting the victim. He was also threatened that false criminal cases would be registered against him and his house would be demolished.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, raise a serious issue of human rights ...