NHRC issues notice to state for ‘racial abuse, assault’

New Delhi, May 15

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent notices to the Haryana Government and the Gurugram Police Commissioner over reports that a young Manipuri girl was allegedly racially abused and beaten up by some locals in the city.

She was first abused by an elderly woman in a racial tone and as the altercation started, she was branded “corona” by the crowd, the rights panel said quoting reports. “The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that a 20-year-old girl hailing from Manipur was subjected to racial discrimination and brutally attacked by some locals from Faizapur, Gurugram, in Haryana just for passing through the locality on Sunday afternoon,” the NHRC said in a statement.

The commission further observed that it is “disgusting” that a girl from the northeastern part of her own country has been subjected to “racial discrimination and physical assault by a local family in the NCR,” it said.

Accordingly, a notice has been issued to the Haryana Chief Secretary and the Commissioner of Police, Gurgaon, seeking a detailed report within four weeks along with status of the investigation being conducted by the police after registration of the FIR and relief or counselling provided by the authorities to the victim, the statement said. — PTI