Punjab SC Commission asks ACS home to intervene to ensure relief to Nodeep Kaur

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 8

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Taking suo moto notice of a news published in a section of media highlighting the matter of labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes on Monday asked the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to intervene in the matter to ensure relief of the victim at the earliest, a press release said on Monday

 The Commission has also sought a report in this regard by February 23.

Punjab Schedule Castes Commission Chairperson Tejinder Kaur said that commission has taken the suo moto since the victim is a resident of Muktsar Sahib. In a communiqué to the Additional Chief Secretary Home Affairs and Justice, the commission has written to intervene besides ensuring the relief to the victim as the matter was very serious.

Ab English daily has published a news item that claimed 23-year-old Nodeep Kaur who was sexually assaulted in police custody. Nodeep Kaur, who was part of the ongoing farmers’ protest, was arrested on January 12 and has since been in police custody. She has been denied bail by a sessions court in Haryana.