The NHRC on Monday said it issued a notice to the Kerala government and the state’s police chief over reports alleging sexual abuse of a Scheduled Caste girl in Pathanamthitta district.The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) observed in a statement that the content of the media report, if true, raised a serious issue of the girl’s human rights violation.
According to the media report, published on January 15, the girl — now 18 years old — had alleged in her complaint that she was sexually abused by several individuals, it said.
The matter came to light during counselling conducted by the Child Welfare Committee after her teachers at an educational institution informed the panel about noticeable changes in her behaviour, the NHRC said in the statement.